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[POLL] WHERE DO YOU WRITE YOUR DIALOGUE?

Poll

Typically, for a project, where do you write your dialogue first? - Results

Straight into editor
16
33%
Outside of editor
14
29%
A combination of both
18
37%

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BizarreMonkey
I'll never change. "Me" is better than your opinion, dummy!
1625
In my earlier games, like Hellcat, Intelligence and even Menagerie, I just wrote dialogue as it came. I.e. in the editor.

With Perseverance: Adherence, I opted to write a large amount of the plot in advance, so I wouldn't have so many plot-holes to fix up later. Usually what I write on paper beforehand looks very different to the end result.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
If it's a long script, always always put it in its own document, because scrolling up to check what you already wrote is a lot easier than calling it up in the program. (Also find+replace, easy notes, and ease of proofing and editing.)
Personally I like to get out my big RPG book and hand write the dialog while sitting outside with no distractions, It feels a bit sterile to type it out in word.
I usually get drunk and scribble it into a notebook, or txt file.

Works pretty well for me!
Corfaisus
"It's frustrating because - as much as Corf is otherwise an irredeemable person - his 2k/3 mapping is on point." ~ psy_wombats
7874
1. I usually have a pretty good idea of what I want my dialogue to be. When I don't, I write a few things down in Notepad and let it sit for a while.
2. I take the concept I've come up with and start rewriting it in RMText so that it fits as much into one message box as possible without running over (brevity is important).
3. I copy-paste the resulting dialogue into the editor, which almost feels like cheating considering how fast you can crank out an entire scene this way once you've got your dialogue all hammered out beforehand.
Magi
Resident Terrapin
1028
I keep it real and pants all my frikkin' dialogue like a champ, then collapse into a state of panic and mismanagement when I realize nothing makes sense. If you don't do things this way, you are not a true artist
I worked on most of Sunnydale at work, so I wrote it in a word doc and just copy and pasted it into the editor when I had time.
Minor dialogue such as interaction with town NPCs and such, I write all of that on the spot usually.

Major dialogue, like cutscenes and important plot points, are all written ahead of time in Notepad. I then just copy and paste in when needed.
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