tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post7438227569309456373..comments2024-01-08T15:58:30.133-05:00Comments on Maria McKenzie: Breaking the RulesMaria McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138614172014005449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-83487039010866418882016-04-05T11:32:43.663-04:002016-04-05T11:32:43.663-04:00Realistic dialogue has to break the rules. No one ...Realistic dialogue has to break the rules. No one speaks in precise English boarding school style grammar.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-68910915548694481622016-04-05T11:11:05.287-04:002016-04-05T11:11:05.287-04:00That's so funny--I would've loved to have ...That's so funny--I would've loved to have seen the expression on her face when she opened her corrected letter! Realistic sounding dialogue always breaks the rules;).Maria McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138614172014005449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-20083007182141286462016-04-05T08:23:33.345-04:002016-04-05T08:23:33.345-04:00I always break them. When my first book was publis...I always break them. When my first book was published, I got a long letter from a grammar cop, pointing out ever mistake I'd made (most of in in the dialogues, which was meant to sound as the characters would speak). I corrected all the errors in her letter and sent it back to her!Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685538277690762655noreply@blogger.com