Comments on: Nano Tip #1: Dialog Spine

By: Misheal

Misheal — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:24:20 +0000

Wow, this was soo good. Scott you are one of my favorite authors and there is so much to this dialogue spine and I would LOVE to read more of this! I hope you consider working on it more after the Leviathan series!

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hen i rested and decided I should at least try again and get at least to the top. So I did. I got all the way to the top and walked across the suspended log at the top. I was so proud of myself and wouldâ€™ve done it again if I could stand up.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:41:03 +0000

Ok so I am reallllly late….. oh well.
I think the spirit/gohst was a girl. It seems to me that girls are more into the feelings and would want him there. It seemed realy important to her. Guys just dont show how much they care as much and the person alive used words like “supose” and seemed hesitant.

Don’t know if that made sense….

I love dialog… It is so much easier for me to read than detail b/c I can get lost in detail and not really remeber what I am reading. Like in Uglies when Tally was in the forest it was fantastic detail, but when I first read it I couldn’t wait for dialog.

PLEASE dont judge me based on how I spell!!!!

By: Jeremie

Jeremie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:41:59 +0000

I’m a bit late, but this is interesting, so this is what I got:

The spirit is male and young: 18.
The living person is female, and they were together, and she is much older than he is. He mentions that she is his parent’s best friend, so that makes me think she is older.
She was driving the car when they hit the ice. Here she makes a comment about him being 18 and responsible which again makes me think she is older.

He is setting her up to die. She is on drugs, been drinking, has one arm to drive, and he mentions the roads are deadly. Then there is the final comment about not letting him go into the ground alone.

I am definitely going to give this exercise a try!

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:20:11 +0000

It’s so great reading these comments, I had such a different intrepretation of them! I didn’t think about gender, but the one who died wasn’t driving. S/he kept saying “It was icy” and the Salmon Eater felt guilty. I hadn’t even thought of the setting up for death aspect — very creepy! As for the relationship, I was pretty confident they were in the awkward not-quite-boyfriend/girlfriend stage because the dead one said several times s/he would have done things if the other had asked.

By: G-La

G-La — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:33:12 +0000

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By: Dakota-wa

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By: Dakota-wa

Dakota-wa — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:41:42 +0000

if requested I will write more

By: Dakota-wa

Dakota-wa — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:39:43 +0000

OMG I’m so dumb! When they were talking about seatbelts I thought they where talking about magic belts that make it so you could see invisable people! Then I re-read it and figured out that you were talking about seatbelts! hahahahaha I think I was thinking a little to far outside the box now eh? (no im not brittish i just like saying that) K scotty now i need 2 have book recedomations. They can be your books others books or even yo mamas books! I also need to knowwhat book you’re most proud of (or series) K? I will read it! (if i havent already) and now i need your opinain on my writing skillz.(not talkin about spelling)but likes ways to improve

“Are they still coming?” I asked in the slightest whisper.
“I think we lost them… but we should go a little further just in case.” the stranger replied between breaths. I leaned agenst the old hard tree, feeling the rogfh bark scraping my back. Suddenly I heard slight foot steps. I stood paralized. The footsteps became louder and louder. As I turned my head I saw what looked like an inhuman hand reaching out to grab me. They’d found us. I tried to scream but nothing came out. I ducked down onto a pile of crunchy leafs. Then I heard a gasp next to me. The stranger was gone, and pulled slowly into the darkness.

By: alice-wa*

alice-wa* — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:46:18 +0000

what? how did the “physically, i imagine her like this” get tacked on to the end? huh. it must be some sorta mistake.