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fedonciadale:
kallypsowrites:
A lot has been said about D&Ds terrible dialogue writing, but I think the greatest sign of their weakness is that they straight up don’t write the most important parts of their conversations.
Jaime arrives at Winterfell and sees Bran for the first time? Cut away and go straight to the trial! Why actually write that first remeeting or Jaime getting caught at all? Just skip to the trial.
Arya and Sansa finding out about Jon’s parentage? Cut it before the actual reveal. It’s not like this is mind blowing info we would love to see the characters react to or anything.
Sansa asks Jon if he bent the knee for love or for the north? Cut before he responds. Did he just walk out? What did he say?
Tyrion pulls up a chair to hear Bran’s story which is, presumably, what convinces him to later suggest Bran as king? Cut before the actual story, which means we don’t actually know what convinced Tyrion.
Sansa decides to tell Tyrion about Jon’s heritage which is a VERY MAJOR MOMENT for EVERYONE in the story? Cut before she actually reveals it.
Jon kills Daenerys and assumedly some major shit happens? Cut before anyone discovers it and just skip to later so that we don’t have to deal with that scene.
And do you know why they do it? Its so they can avoid the most difficult bits to write and instead let YOU imagine the conversation. It forces the audience to fill in the gaps and do most of the work while they get to just fuck off to the next scene. And this problem shows in their writing on a larger scale because they are allergic to emotional pay off in any fashion, which is why so many character arcs feel weak and so many plot threads are left hanging because they just do not feel the need to tie things up. They’d rather everyone else do the work for them and then praise them for their genius.
This is so true!
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fedonciadale:
kallypsowrites:
A lot has been said about D&Ds terrible dialogue writing, but I think the greatest sign of their weakness is that they straight up don’t write the most important parts of their conversations.
Jaime arrives at Winterfell and sees Bran for the first time? Cut away and go straight to the trial! Why actually write that first remeeting or Jaime getting caught at all? Just skip to the trial.
Arya and Sansa finding out about Jon’s parentage? Cut it before the actual reveal. It’s not like this is mind blowing info we would love to see the characters react to or anything.
Sansa asks Jon if he bent the knee for love or for the north? Cut before he responds. Did he just walk out? What did he say?
Tyrion pulls up a chair to hear Bran’s story which is, presumably, what convinces him to later suggest Bran as king? Cut before the actual story, which means we don’t actually know what convinced Tyrion.
Sansa decides to tell Tyrion about Jon’s heritage which is a VERY MAJOR MOMENT for EVERYONE in the story? Cut before she actually reveals it.
Jon kills Daenerys and assumedly some major shit happens? Cut before anyone discovers it and just skip to later so that we don’t have to deal with that scene.
And do you know why they do it? Its so they can avoid the most difficult bits to write and instead let YOU imagine the conversation. It forces the audience to fill in the gaps and do most of the work while they get to just fuck off to the next scene. And this problem shows in their writing on a larger scale because they are allergic to emotional pay off in any fashion, which is why so many character arcs feel weak and so many plot threads are left hanging because they just do not feel the need to tie things up. They’d rather everyone else do the work for them and then praise them for their genius.
This is so true!
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