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Comment on Because YOUR Self-Promotion Sucks by peternevland

peternevland — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:35:52 +0000

You’re welcome, Derek! Glad to be able to help you. What specific actions are you taking to apply it to you in Indiana (is it still Indiana?)?

Comment on Because YOUR Self-Promotion Sucks by Derek Guyer

Derek Guyer — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:20:47 +0000

Great thoughts! This pushes me further with the way I’m currently marketing my work. Thanks for sharing!

Comment on Writing Dialogue for Dummies by peternevland

peternevland — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:46:12 +0000

Pretty cool, Dave. Thanks for adding a valuable resource on dialogue. Have any posts on the tips for turning written conversations into riveting copy?

Comment on Writing Dialogue for Dummies by Dave Young

Dave Young — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:40:36 +0000

That’s exactly it, Peter. In conversation, we intuitively know what the other person is saying…or at least we can guess correctly most of the time. Some people do it out loud. It’s called finishing each others….

Even though we want to make the “writing” grammatically correct, we also try to preserve the tone of voice of the speaker. If they speak in colloquialisms, they probably write that way, so we try to leave those things in the writing.

Comment on Writing Dialogue for Dummies by peternevland

peternevland — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:55:28 +0000

Thanks, Dave!

So, when you turn their conversation into a blog how often do you complete the thought? Do you guys actually go in and pretty-fy the simple thoughts people speak to your interviewers? Make ‘em sound like better writers than they are?

Comment on Writing Dialogue for Dummies by peternevland

peternevland — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:55:10 +0000

Thanks for the muy muy much likey, Kirsten!

Comment on Writing Dialogue for Dummies by Dave Young

Dave Young — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:44:08 +0000

Great job Peter! It’s the deconstructionist flip of what we do at Shortcut Blogging. We use conversation as a starting point and have editors turn it into written content. They have to de-fragment the dialogue, complete the sentence or thought. People are always amazed at how choppy a transcript of an interview reads.

Comment on Writing Dialogue for Dummies by Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:16:30 +0000

Awesome. Likey muy muy much.

Comment on What Are You Against? by Asia Wall

Asia Wall — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:41:48 +0000

I love this post! It really speaks to me, as an artist, in a real and concrete way. Thank you for articulating this nebulous thing in my mind so that I can grasp it better.

Comment on The Works of Unprofessional Masters… by peternevland

peternevland — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:33:51 +0000

Hey, Erick,
I’ve fixed the problem with each page. The links were good, but the pages were hidden. Now everyone can read their genius.

- Peter.