Mike Graves and his pals love burgers, banter, and comic books. They don’t have a care in the world until an evil warlord from another dimension threatens to tear those bonds of friendship apart. Now it’s up to Mike and his best pals to stop it.
Definitely dialogue. I quite enjoy writing action, and short sequences of dialogue are fine. But when I hit a scene with a lot of dialogue (like I’m supposed to be writing right now rather than checking the forums) my writing slows WAAAAAAAAY down.
@A.C. Weston I find myself skipping over what a character looks like if I can’t fit it in naturally. You never want to fall prey to the "character looking into a mirror and describing themselves" trap. Sometimes I write in too much description and then delete it out before I move on. I have a good idea in my head what someone looks like, but it’s hardly ever relevant to the scene so I leave it out.
I have trouble naming people/places as well. Sometimes I’ll intuit an awesome name, and other times it will just take forever for me to find the right one.
I really enjoy writing action sequences, especially fights. Sometimes I have to act it out to make sure it makes sense (act it out while sitting at my desk, it’s probably hilarious looking).
Action sequences make me wary, because I worry about being too wordy and clunky-- or not explaining enough about what’s going on.
I also rewrite dialogue a lot to make sure it sounds as realistic as possible. I find myself saying most of my dialogue out loud to make sure that it feels natural.
