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[Mod Edit]This is split from Pallidinthug's Dialogue Workshop. Any references not found in this thread will be found there.
As I said you earlier in the chat, your advices are great. However, I dissagree in two points:
First, the ellipsis. I don't see anything wrong using it. Why deny something that is grammatically correct? Ellipsis IS a literary resource, and RPG dialogues are not too far from book dialogues; The Ellipsis is intended to be a short pause, or to give certain feelings (can be sorrow, or doubt, just to name few) For example:
"I... don't know what to do right now. My whole life has been a lie..."
Same example WITHOUT ellipsis
"I don't know what to do right now. My whole life has been a lie."
Not the same emotion. Feels like the character is saying something, but that's it. No emotion.
Actions has no place in a spoken word, but Ellipsis is NOT an action xD. Also, friendly reminder that RMXP doesn't have a pause command
And then, facial expressions. I'll just say something: books don't have ANY visual elements, but the reader still can feel emotions, the reader still can take place in the events. Imagine them, be part of it. And as I said before, RPG dialogues are not too different from book dialogues.
As I said you earlier in the chat, your advices are great. However, I dissagree in two points:
First, the ellipsis. I don't see anything wrong using it. Why deny something that is grammatically correct? Ellipsis IS a literary resource, and RPG dialogues are not too far from book dialogues; The Ellipsis is intended to be a short pause, or to give certain feelings (can be sorrow, or doubt, just to name few) For example:
"I... don't know what to do right now. My whole life has been a lie..."
Same example WITHOUT ellipsis
"I don't know what to do right now. My whole life has been a lie."
Not the same emotion. Feels like the character is saying something, but that's it. No emotion.
Actions has no place in a spoken word, but Ellipsis is NOT an action xD. Also, friendly reminder that RMXP doesn't have a pause command
And then, facial expressions. I'll just say something: books don't have ANY visual elements, but the reader still can feel emotions, the reader still can take place in the events. Imagine them, be part of it. And as I said before, RPG dialogues are not too different from book dialogues.
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