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If you wrote a fictional villain saying, "I've killed more people than Jeffrey Dahmer," your editor would just burst into flames and die. Adding (in the same sentence) "and I don't think I'm a bad guy" would similarly murder any worthwhile acting coach. This timeline needs better writers. #subtext

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yc54nj2zlnqrdotewpkbrauy/post/3m76kmy4lft2e

I wrote about Margaret LaFleur's "All's Well" and a gorgeous moment beyond words, when subtext bubbles to the surface.

https://loft.org/writers-block-blog/alls-well-and-dialogue-beyond-words

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #AmWriting #Subtext #Bookstodon #Dialog #ReadingLikeAWriter

TyfloPrzegląd Odcinek nr 303

https://tyflopodcast.net/tyfloprzeglad-odcinek-nr-303/

I love people questioning my basic competence in the most patronising way possible! It's definitely a productive thing to do.

#subtext

I've got a class starting next week about Dialogue, Gesture, and Staging.

4 weeks, Thursdays, 9/18/25 - 10/9/25, 6pm-9pm (North American Central time), Zoom, $222/$200 (Loft member)

It covers a variety of tools to make dialogue come alive in your scenes—with specific techniques to make it realistic (if that's your thing), dynamic, compelling, resonant, and/or vibrant.

https://loft.org/classes/writing-fiction-4-weeks-dialogue-gesture-and-staging

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #WritingClass #Dialogue #Subtext #Writing #AmWriting

“Song Jiang was a chivalrous man whose main interest was skill with weapons. Sex had only a moderate appeal.”

“In the lamplight Song Jiang noted with pleasure what a fine figure of a man Wu Song was”

Okay, I know it’s a translation and medieval Chinese culture is something I have no understanding of at all, but I know homosexual subtext when I see it.

#Literature #Subtext #BestFriends #Gay #Queer #OutlawsOfTheMarsh #WaterMargin #AllMenAreBrothers #ChineseClassics #BrokeBackMarsh

The Importance of #Subtext in #Acting

https://castingfrontier.com/blog/the-importance-of-subtext-in-acting

The wild thing to me about studying subtext is when you pull it up to look closely, it doesn't feel like subtext. It feels too obvious. But it really is & it really works. That's the magic.

In this class, we'll do the incredible work of close reading--together with other writers--to pull up the subtext of stories & figure out how it works.

Online/live meetings: 6-8pm (Central), Thursdays, 7/17 -- 8/21

#WritingCommunity #Subtext #WritingConversations #Writing

https://loft.org/classes/6-week-beneath-surface-exploring-subtext

#Subtext ist nicht immer leicht zu vermitteln. Dies ist so eine Szene in meinem #Manuskript #Georgeunddeborah, bei der sich alle so ihre Gedanken machen: Protagonist George, sein Gegenüber (namentlich unerwähnt: Xara) und der oder die Leser:in.

Im Moment stecke ich mitten in der Überarbeitung des Textes UND im #Testlesen, denn ich habe nun mein Leseteam angeheuert, um mir durch ihr Feedback zu helfen, bevor ich das Manuskript endlich beim Verlag einreiche. Das mit dem Testleseteam war ne gute Entscheidung: Mir wurden viele Zweifel genommen und die Mädels schauen schon sehr genau, ob die Logik und die Charakterentwicklungen wirklich stimmig sind. Das Einzige, was mir vielleicht fehlt, ist ein männlicher Testleser.

Wie auch immer - es macht Spaß, an dem Text zu sitzen, und seit Beginn der Überarbeitung sind schon wieder 6.000 Wörter dazugekommen...

#ichschreibe #fantasybucher #fantasylesen #fantasyliebe #darkadium

Text auf gelbem Untergrund: Sie sah ihn ernst an, so wie Cela ihn manchmal ansah, wenn sie seine Konzentration einforderte. Frauen hatten diesen Blick perfektioniert; er war eine Mischung aus Missfallen, Ernst, Erwartung und kippender Geduld, so als warte sie darauf, dass er erwachsen wurde.
Zitat aus Buchprojekt "George und Deborah", von phantastopia.de

Subtext
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #AmWriting #Subtext #Symbolism #WritingTips #WritingAdvice

http://georgelthomas.com/2025/04/29/subtext/

The Power of Unspoken Words: How to Write Subtext in Fiction

[From KMW: I’m taking a quick sabbatical this week. I’ll be back next Monday with a post/podcast about “The Disillusionment Arc in Storytelling: A Powerful Tool for Character Growth.” Until then, I hope you enjoy this short post on the important topic of how to write subtext in fiction!] One of the…
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-write-subtext-in-fiction/

#Prose #showdonttell #subtext
@indieauthors

Stand By Me evokes heartfelt #nostalgia no matter when you grew up, and it offers valuable lessons anyone can relate to. But as I rewatched it last night, I realized I must have seen it quite differently than how my father saw it.
https://buff.ly/gHcJSqe

#LGBTQ #Film #Memories #Subtext #Love

What is #Subtext in #Acting?

https://actingmagazine.com/2025/03/what-is-subtext-in-acting/

@OregonLive
#SubText: Because #WhiteIsRight

A quotation from Orwell

But every writer, especially every novelist, has a “message”, whether he admits it or not, and the minutest details of his work are influenced by it. All art is propaganda. Neither Dickens himself nor the majority of Victorian novelists would have thought of denying this. On the other hand, not all propaganda is art.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1939), “Charles Dickens,” sec. 5, Inside the Whale (1940-03-11)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/6852/

#quote #quotes #quotation #art #message #polemic #propaganda #subtext #writing