Dialogue is one of the most challenging skills a writer has to develop. Producing words that sound natural and – above all – human, takes real talent and hard work. As discussed previously when analysing The Assassination of Jesse James, people rarely say what they actually mean, necessitating the writer to imbue dialogue with subtexts and subterfuge.
27/07/2009 Leave a Comment
Writing dialogue: Saying more with less
25/07/2009 Leave a Comment
It’s a miracle – Marvelman is back
Regular readers know I blog, tweet and otherwise participate on the web under the name ‘Kimota’. Some have assumed it is some anime reference or obscure Japanese word. But those who recognise it will know why today I’m as excited as a teenager in Angelina Jolie’s bedroom.
23/07/2009 Leave a Comment
The coming of Borg: You will be assimilated!
I love it when popular culture memes slide over into the general lexicon. One such word that seems to be making the transition from fiction to fact is ‘borg’. Just recently, I’ve come across the word a couple of times – not in reference to the Star Trek villains, but as a descriptive word aimed at large companies.
20/07/2009 Leave a Comment
Social network marketing isn’t evil!
There has always been some ‘tension’ between marketing and social network advocates. One side sees major business opportunities and a large audience ripe for persuasion. The other wants to preserve the innocence and non-commercial nature of these communities. Kate Carruthers (@kcarruthers) recently blogged on the issue of Twitter users continually spruiking how to get thousands of followers or how to make money from Twitter.
15/07/2009 Leave a Comment
A beginner’s guide to content management
This article appears in the August 2009 edition of Nett Magazine. A good website is regularly updated and grows over time. Jonathan Crossfield shows how administering the content on a hungry website shouldn’t be painful. Great! You’ve got your new website up. Time to sit back and wait for the phone to ring, right? But [...]
If it involves arranging words in rows with occasional punctuation, then Jonathan has probably given it a bash. Content Marketer. Awarded columnist. Jobbing copywriter. Angry blogger. Ghost story addict and future best selling novelist... He lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two cats. 
