Read. Every. Dialogue. Line. Aloud.
Writers: what’s a solid piece of *craft* advice you wish you’d known sooner?
Mine is this: when making writing decisions, always stop and ask yourself what is best for the SCENE. What are the scene’s goals? Does this sentence, this paragraph, this line of dialogue serve those goals? If not, fix it.
Mine is this: when making writing decisions, always stop and ask yourself what is best for the SCENE. What are the scene’s goals? Does this sentence, this paragraph, this line of dialogue serve those goals? If not, fix it.
April 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Read. Every. Dialogue. Line. Aloud.
This Pennsylvania barbershop boosts kids' confidence by paying young customers $3 to read stories aloud during haircuts.
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August 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This Pennsylvania barbershop boosts kids' confidence by paying young customers $3 to read stories aloud during haircuts.
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YES! READ IT ALOUD! Let them squirm...
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
YES! READ IT ALOUD! Let them squirm...
This looks and sounds like a letter read aloud in a Wes Anderson movie by one of his precocious boys or broken men
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 AM
This looks and sounds like a letter read aloud in a Wes Anderson movie by one of his precocious boys or broken men
Kind of thing that should be read aloud in front of a tribunal.
April 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Kind of thing that should be read aloud in front of a tribunal.
Permission to read some of my poetry aloud, your honor
July 7, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Permission to read some of my poetry aloud, your honor
Just read this aloud to my spouse and we are in awe and tears
Incredible
Incredible
images that spring to mind unbidden, part 999: "trans-inclusive radical misogyny" // "women should stay out of kitchens"
October 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Just read this aloud to my spouse and we are in awe and tears
Incredible
Incredible
when i die i want everyone to make up their own cause of death and read it aloud at my funeral
June 19, 2026 at 8:33 PM
when i die i want everyone to make up their own cause of death and read it aloud at my funeral
Breaking: Caving to pressure regarding Bad Bunny’s planned Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL will instead invite Morgan Freeman to read aloud excerpts from the Epstein files.
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Breaking: Caving to pressure regarding Bad Bunny’s planned Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL will instead invite Morgan Freeman to read aloud excerpts from the Epstein files.
4. Read aloud to your kids. Let them read aloud to you. Use props, funny voices, whatever it takes to bring the stories to life.
September 28, 2026 at 9:46 AM
4. Read aloud to your kids. Let them read aloud to you. Use props, funny voices, whatever it takes to bring the stories to life.
You may get arrested if you read the answer, aloud.
May 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
You may get arrested if you read the answer, aloud.
one way to grasp the poor construction of these paragraphs is to read them aloud. you will stumble over the words and struggle to maintain the thought.
I genuinely have no idea what this column is about. I think it may be some kind of book report?
July 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
one way to grasp the poor construction of these paragraphs is to read them aloud. you will stumble over the words and struggle to maintain the thought.
I cannot comment on Trump’s Rob Reiner post because I didn’t read it. And when reporters read it aloud to me, I couldn’t hear it because I was plugging my ears.
by Mike Johnson
by Mike Johnson
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I cannot comment on Trump’s Rob Reiner post because I didn’t read it. And when reporters read it aloud to me, I couldn’t hear it because I was plugging my ears.
by Mike Johnson
by Mike Johnson
So many PZR readers didn’t “get” Pink Zombie Rose until they heard it aloud on lives. Made me realize that, in many ways, I wrote it to be read aloud.
October 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So many PZR readers didn’t “get” Pink Zombie Rose until they heard it aloud on lives. Made me realize that, in many ways, I wrote it to be read aloud.
very sorry to @beijingpalmer.bsky.social but also deeply relieved that my posts are not being read aloud on Fox News
"Coming in at number 12 with seven likes is a little-known China apologist, James Palmer, the deputy editor of Foreign Policy, who uses the handle Beijing Palmer. Devine warns that foreign actors like China are working hard to exploit social media ecosystems."
April 30, 2026 at 7:43 PM
very sorry to @beijingpalmer.bsky.social but also deeply relieved that my posts are not being read aloud on Fox News
Fernández: He refused to read the bill he wrote. They are so ashamed of it, they couldn’t even read it aloud—because they know it’s shameful to give tax breaks to tanning beds and take away hospital beds.
Who likes tanning beds? There’s a certain personality who has a very orange hue about him.
Who likes tanning beds? There’s a certain personality who has a very orange hue about him.
May 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Fernández: He refused to read the bill he wrote. They are so ashamed of it, they couldn’t even read it aloud—because they know it’s shameful to give tax breaks to tanning beds and take away hospital beds.
Who likes tanning beds? There’s a certain personality who has a very orange hue about him.
Who likes tanning beds? There’s a certain personality who has a very orange hue about him.
As his constituent (🤢), I’m going to call his office Monday morning and read your lede aloud to whoever answers
September 14, 2024 at 7:40 PM
As his constituent (🤢), I’m going to call his office Monday morning and read your lede aloud to whoever answers
CNN uncovered audio from RFK's radio show where he read aloud and endorsed a description of Trump and his supporters as belligerent idiots, cowards, and bootlickers.
May 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
CNN uncovered audio from RFK's radio show where he read aloud and endorsed a description of Trump and his supporters as belligerent idiots, cowards, and bootlickers.
The president’s eyelids grew heavy as the names of victims were read aloud.
Trump, 80, Can’t Even Stay Awake to Honor 9/11 Victims
The president’s eyelids grew heavy as the names of victims were read aloud.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The president’s eyelids grew heavy as the names of victims were read aloud.
Will Marjorie Taylor Greene stand on the floor of Congress and read aloud the names of all those believed to have trafficked/raped girls & young women in the Epstein case?
She said she would.
She said she would.
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Will Marjorie Taylor Greene stand on the floor of Congress and read aloud the names of all those believed to have trafficked/raped girls & young women in the Epstein case?
She said she would.
She said she would.
If your child is struggling to read at grade level or at all, KEEP READING!
Let them see you read. Talk about what you read, what they read. Reread their favorite books. Read them aloud! Have them read the physical book while listening to and reading along with the audiobook.
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Let them see you read. Talk about what you read, what they read. Reread their favorite books. Read them aloud! Have them read the physical book while listening to and reading along with the audiobook.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If your child is struggling to read at grade level or at all, KEEP READING!
Let them see you read. Talk about what you read, what they read. Reread their favorite books. Read them aloud! Have them read the physical book while listening to and reading along with the audiobook.
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Let them see you read. Talk about what you read, what they read. Reread their favorite books. Read them aloud! Have them read the physical book while listening to and reading along with the audiobook.
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Replace trans with any of the other protected characteristics and read it aloud to yourself, Sarah
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May 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Replace trans with any of the other protected characteristics and read it aloud to yourself, Sarah
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