Blog #4

On page 180, King says, "It's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and it is crucial in defining their characters-only what people do tells more about what they're like, and talk is sneaky: what people say often conveys their character to others in ways of which they-the speakers- are completely unaware." I agree with this because when you are reading a story you learn a lot about a character by what they say and how they say it. I like how Stephen King say that, "talk is sneaky." Every person who will read your writing is different. When they read your story and the dialogue that you put into it they will form their own opinions about your character. Not every person will interpret the dialogue the same way. So it may be difficult sometimes to find the right dialogue to use to get the reader to interpret it the way that you want them to. I also like his example about how you can say that a character didn't go to school a lot or you can show it to the reader using the character's speech. I think that using dialogue to say something instead of writing it can make a story a little more interesting.