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<10: The book has less than 10 chapters, you can read up to a maximum of 5 chapters only.

>10: If the book you're reading has more than 10 chapters, you can read as many chapters as you like.This also applies to the Story of The Week (SoTW).

1. Read the chapter(s) and comment in accordance with the guidelines below**.

2. Add a comment on this page with how many chapters you've given feedback on (including Story of The Week).

3. You can leave a vote if you want to, but this is not required.

**You must comment on each chapter you read, focusing on the Theme of The Week, and tag your comments with the hashtag #CCBC (This also applies to Story of The Week).

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1. Quality over quantity – your comment should be detailed and helpful to the author, aim to write at least 3 sentences of solid, theme-focused feedback!

2. The devil is in the detail – taking the time to write grammatically correct comments improves your own writing skills too!

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Let's get started for this week!

Weekly themes focus on different aspects of storytelling, this way if paired with a member more than once, you get to give feedback on something different.and this week's theme is: Dialogue.

❝Dialogue, in fiction, is a verbal exchange between two or more characters. If there is only one character talking aloud, it is a monologue.

Identifiers:

"This breakfast is making me sick," George said.

The George said is the identifier. Said is the most writers use because reader familiarity with said prevents it from drawing attention to itself. Although other verbs such as ask, shout, or reply are acceptable, some identifiers get in the reader's way. For example:

"Hello," he croaked nervously, "my name's Horace."
"What's yours?" he asked with as much aplomb as he could muster. another example is: "My name is Peg, what's yours?" I asked. "My name is William, but my friends call me Will," said Will.

Stephen King, in his book , expresses his belief that said is the best identifier to use. King recommends reading a novel by , who he claims has mastered the art of well-written dialogue.

Substitutes are known as said-bookisms. For example, in the sentence "What do you mean?" he smiled., the word smiled is a said-bookism.❞ ــ Wikipedia.

What to look for in Dialogue?

- Did the words from the mouths of the people in the story seem consistent with their personalities?

- Was there too much or not enough dialogue, in your opinion?

- Did any character tend to talk in long monologues?

- Were you able to sense the conflict, attitudes, and intentions of each character in their dialogue without the author telling you of these directly?

- Did the dialogue seem easy to speak? Can you 'hear' it? If it sounds unusual, you might suggest that the writer try reading it aloud.

- Does the dialogue seem TOO MUCH like normal speech, with too many incomplete sentences, pauses, restarts, profanity, cliches, etc. that it was distracting?

- Did the author use dialect that was too heavy, making it difficult to read?

- Does each character have their own speech rhythm, accent (if necessary), vocabulary, and even length of sentences?

- In an exchange of conversation, can you easily tell who is speaking if you didn't have their names or gender attached to their sentences?

P.S. Questions borrowed from: http://www.crayne.com/howcrit.html

This week, MY HUMBLE SELF is the winner! 🎉🎉

Make sure you comment on at least one chapter of my story Caterpillar Calls according to the Theme of The Week, and the rules above, and don't forget to comment down here how many chapters you gave feedback on.

❝"Girls don't fight," said her grandpa.

Farah was glad to find her late grandmother's journal, but she didn't realize journals don't just tell the past, sometimes they foretell the future.

This's the story of five Egyptian women of three generations, and how sometimes against all odds, some old stories are deemed to be told over and over.❞

Now for this week's pairs!

Pair #1: MadRanting: Before & Highonrandomness: When Sparks Fly.

Pair #2: Elmirafh: Beautiful and Dirty Rich & GeorgeRaftis: Atlantean Queen. 

Pair #3: Granny_momo: The Endangered & LRamirezN: An Ocean of Lies. 

Pair #4: Sara91Helal: Caterpillar Calls & Dark_chocosbiscuit: Covetous. 

Pair #5: SpinyKyverna: Bachelor King #1 & Somegamergirl: Light. 

Pair #6: CrownedMadness: Words and Music & lrasan: Sweet Revenge. 

Pair #7: Scarlet_lll: Deeper Than Words & UTRAV2004: A Little Book Of Life. 

Pair #8: Bellisimaleela: When It All Goes Wrong & Amarch93: All Who Wander.           

Pair #9: NicoleTS94: Asylum Love & Mejososush: FriendZoned. 

Pair #10:  _huckleberry: Shoot First, Look Pretty & Joy_lyla: Summertime.

Happy reading!

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