Edit: Look, here's an example. Not the best example ever, because it doesn't really show it with much frequency, but when you get to the bit about Nick, they both do it within seconds of each other:
People have things called verbal ticks. Like Canadians saying 'eh' at the end of sentences, or Joe saying 'like' eight times in a sentence on the 10 Reasons to Love The Smiths video. Patrick says 'y'know' a lot. They all say 'dude' a lot, too. Additionally, in this fic they're very young, so their sentence structure is more casual than say, someone in their thirties or forties.
Getting some personality into the way you write speech should be a priority of any writer in a character-based story. I'm not sure if you're a writer yourself, but you should give it a try, if you are. If it's easier for the reader to imagine the voice as they read, it makes the characters more real.
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Date: 2008-07-10 02:12 pm (UTC)Edit: Look, here's an example. Not the best example ever, because it doesn't really show it with much frequency, but when you get to the bit about Nick, they both do it within seconds of each other:
People have things called verbal ticks. Like Canadians saying 'eh' at the end of sentences, or Joe saying 'like' eight times in a sentence on the 10 Reasons to Love The Smiths video. Patrick says 'y'know' a lot. They all say 'dude' a lot, too. Additionally, in this fic they're very young, so their sentence structure is more casual than say, someone in their thirties or forties.
Getting some personality into the way you write speech should be a priority of any writer in a character-based story. I'm not sure if you're a writer yourself, but you should give it a try, if you are. If it's easier for the reader to imagine the voice as they read, it makes the characters more real.
Give it a go.