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fandomsecrets2012-12-17 07:26 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-12-17 07:26 pm
[ SECRET POST #2176 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2176 ⌋
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Re: Let's talk about dialogue!
Even if what's being talking about is a humongous plot point, if Ron Weasley sounds like he's reading out of an encyclopaedia, then you are clearly not writing Ron Weasley. And you might have more than one high-class, highly educated, pompous windbag, who might sound very, very similar, but they're still going to use slightly different words and phrasing because of their personal experiences.
I've read a couple HP fics recently that had decent narration and the ideas presented were really interesting...but then Harry started speaking and he sounded nothing like Harry. He didn't sound like the narrator either!...but he really didn't sound like Harry. He was too...eloquent and long winded? He sounded more like Tom Riddle than Harry, and they're drastically different. Which was a shame because otherwise those fics were pretty decent.
I don't really think of it as sounding "IC", because depending on the fic, "IC" might not mean a whole lot by chapter ten. Dark Lord!Harry is probably going to sound different than canon!Harry. But it should make sense with what you know of the character you're presented and sound natural for them. Dark Lord!Harry will probably still not sound like he's reciting an encyclopaedia.