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Aug 14 07 1:10 AM

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I don't agree with that. It's not (only) the what, but the how. How characters say things reveals who they are, and sometimes even what they are. This can be very subtile, or rather straightforwards. It's difficult to give examples in English, but men and women don't use the same words, older people talk different that youngsters, people from different cultures have a different way of saying things.


No argument from me. You're right and I didn't explain well enough.

It is more than what's said, it's how it's said. Characters should have their own way of speaking.



Tina


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