Hard to Follow DialogueToday�s assignment:
1. Read through
Chapter 10: Hard to Follow of
The First Five Pages.
2. Read through the article
How your reader experiences your book.
3. Read through the dialogue in your five pages (and beyond if you have time) searching for use of dialect, slang, and cryptic dialogue. Try to give your dialogue an honest assessment in terms of clarity to the reader and ease of reading. Bear in mind that some more advanced readers might like to �float� through a book � check for any aspects that could jar them out of this absorbing mode.
4. If you do need to use dialect to show characterisation, spend some time studying the type of people you are writing about. Look for their word usage, mannerisms, body language, and behaviour as a way of indicating where they come from or their social status, rather than resorting to adjusting the spelling in your dialogue.
