Now, I love my dialogue. I could practically write a whole book of dialogue. I rarely get pulled up on it too much - everything else, yes.
I have been reading a few crits where the use of dialogue is queried as a methodology to move the plot on, and know of one agent on twitter who doesn't like a lot of it, and now I'm wondering if I'm using too much. To my mind a conversation is the natural way to pull the story along provided
A. It is natural ie like we actually speak
B. it has relevance to the plot
And
C. It is mixed with action and exposition.
What constitutes too much dialogue? Are there readers out there who like dialogue driven stories or should I join Hoopy and write plays? (I have considered it a few times, I think my addiction was fed by the theatre...) for those who don't like it - what is it you don't like?
I have been reading a few crits where the use of dialogue is queried as a methodology to move the plot on, and know of one agent on twitter who doesn't like a lot of it, and now I'm wondering if I'm using too much. To my mind a conversation is the natural way to pull the story along provided
A. It is natural ie like we actually speak
B. it has relevance to the plot
And
C. It is mixed with action and exposition.
What constitutes too much dialogue? Are there readers out there who like dialogue driven stories or should I join Hoopy and write plays? (I have considered it a few times, I think my addiction was fed by the theatre...) for those who don't like it - what is it you don't like?