What characters don't say often matters more than the words themselves. Master the art of dialogue with subtext.

Read here: https://www.josepholufowosheskypower.com/writing-strong-dialogue-with-subtext/

#WritingTips #Dialogue #Subtext #Storytelling #CreativeWriting #Authors

Notaufnahme

Der Monitor piept.
Stephen Dürr, 51, Ex-Soapstar, liegt auf der Trage.
3,4 Promille. Herzstillstand. Reanimation erfolgreich.
Drei Sanitäter, zwei Ärzte, eine Pflegekraft – alle um ihn herum.
Draußen Kameras. Dschungelcamp-Kandidat. Wieder einer.

Im Wartebereich:
Ein Kind mit Fieberkrämpfen.
Eine Rentnerin mit Atemnot.
Ein Bauarbeiter mit gebrochenem Handgelenk.
Wartend. Schweigend. Unsichtbar.

An der Wand hängt ein Plakat: „Wir sind für alle da.“

Ein junger Assistenzarzt murmelt: „Friede den Hütten…“
Die Oberärztin antwortet, ohne aufzusehen: „Krieg den Palästen.“

#friededenhüttenkriegdenpalästen #stoptherich #icebergStyle #subtext #promikult #satire? #diedümmstetvsendungderwelt? #djungelmist

I wrote about Margaret LaFleur's "All's Well" and a gorgeous moment beyond words, when subtext bubbles to the surface.

https://loft.org/writers-block-blog/alls-well-and-dialogue-beyond-words

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TyfloPrzegląd Odcinek nr 303

https://tyflopodcast.net/tyfloprzeglad-odcinek-nr-303/

"But we want to be racist, why can't you just let us do our racist shit, and still give us accomodations for our own intersectionalities?"

#Subtext

I love people questioning my basic competence in the most patronising way possible! It's definitely a productive thing to do.

#subtext

I've got a class starting next week about Dialogue, Gesture, and Staging.

4 weeks, Thursdays, 9/18/25 - 10/9/25, 6pm-9pm (North American Central time), Zoom, $222/$200 (Loft member)

It covers a variety of tools to make dialogue come alive in your scenes—with specific techniques to make it realistic (if that's your thing), dynamic, compelling, resonant, and/or vibrant.

https://loft.org/classes/writing-fiction-4-weeks-dialogue-gesture-and-staging

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“Song Jiang was a chivalrous man whose main interest was skill with weapons. Sex had only a moderate appeal.”

“In the lamplight Song Jiang noted with pleasure what a fine figure of a man Wu Song was”

Okay, I know it’s a translation and medieval Chinese culture is something I have no understanding of at all, but I know homosexual subtext when I see it.

#Literature #Subtext #BestFriends #Gay #Queer #OutlawsOfTheMarsh #WaterMargin #AllMenAreBrothers #ChineseClassics #BrokeBackMarsh