Wilma Flintstone

Just wondering if there is such a thing as 'taking too long' when it comes to the first dialogue between the first character you introduce in a story and someone else.

I'm on Chapter 1, Page 4 of a book I'm working on and thus far, it's just been the character thinking to himself and me telling the readers a bit of his history.

And the way that I see it going, I will probably get to about Page 6 or 7 before he meets someone (he's on his way to work, so a coworker, probably).

I don't know, is that odd to get to 6-7 pages without any dialogue?

Noirllyn

It's not odd at all. If you really feel weirded out by it, you might have him remember some dialogue from earlier times.

Plus, there's no way of knowing if this is going to be anything like your final copy.

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Ungood

...all depends on how you do it...

You could have a mute in a story that never talks... and it could still work...

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Sam Winchester

There is no set time to introduce dialogue into your novel. I've seen novels with dialogue on the first page, and novels with entire chapters of no dialogue (Tom Clancy readily springs to mind). So, whenever you feel comfortable, introduce your first dialogue scene.

Sam.

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rocky

Above comments are correct. You as the writer must listen to the needs of your story and you will know what it asks of you, when to use speech...or description or what ever the case may be.

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Vee

Whilst you may not have introduced dialogue, I count a character's thoughts as dialogue.

A character's dialogue and thoughts is the definition of the character.

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Truth-Teller

If you introduce character's thoughts or dialogue on chapter 6, then you're just rambling.

Cut to the chase.

Soon as you establish setting and character, you go straight into dialogue and tell the story. Get to the point.

LolliAdverbs

If you cut to the point the story would have absolutely no flavor. That being said, if I were you, I would be worried if I didn't have dialogue until page six. That being said, I use dialogue as something to define characters, so it's more important to my writing style.

So, since you are you, you're going to have decide if you're going on too much. Is all the information you're giving necessary? Can it be found out later? More importantly, is the plot moving at all?

If you're satisfied with your answers, than go you! You wait until you do your first dialogue

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