How do you feel about a lot of dialogue?

[Cass]

Okay so the characters in my book talk to each other a lot. It's not only talking, but sometimes I feel like they talk a bit too much. I LOVE dialogue because it makes me feel like I'm there, but I wanted to know other peoples opinions.

[thepenmonster]

As long as it's good dialog.

Will the current comics audience accept dialog beyond "S-senpai noticed me!" floating in a huge empty white png? I doubt it.

[Cass]

Oh God no. I'm writing a novel though...

[bolodibuja]

If one of your character's trait is speaking in volumes then it's ok, but if all characters are non stop verbal machines then it becomes repetitive and you'll lose the attention from your audience

[Cass]

Yeah no. Not all of my characters talk a lot. But my main character talks a bunch.

[bolodibuja]

Well, make sure what your main character says is relevant and interesting.

[Cass]

Of course! Thank you!

[Lensing]

It´s impossible to give a general answer to this but I like exciting dialogue
whcih pushes the story forward, every sentence has to have a meaning
/ reason why it´s being said and it has to be interrupted by descriptions
what the characters are doing.

Dialogues can be as boring as too long descriptions which don´t come to
the point. I don´t like long descriptions and meaningless dialogue

[Cass]

But what if the characters were arguing or flirting? Is that meaningless? (It's a romance)

[Zhengo]

Working on comics really helped me with learning how to be more concise and cut down on wordy dialogue and rely on using subtext to convey meaning instead of explaining things out in a lengthier dialogue. I think barring if the character's personality is someone who uses flowery language, you should try to convey the goal of the dialogue with as few words as you can while still preserving the personality of the character.

This segues to my belief that dialogue should serve a goal and communicate to the reader something. It could be conveying character personalities, relationships, worldbuilding, context, plot movement, etc. but the most important thing is that it has to be purposeful.

I would say an example of dialogue that has no purpose is something like this:
"Good morning x, how are you?"
"I'm good, how are you?"
"I'm good"

Unless the dialogue is part of some wider scene of two people being awkward with each other, this sequence wouldn't tell us anything about the characters, settings, or plot

[kyupol]

If it's wall upon wall of text, it gets a little annoying but it depends if it's dialog to get me interested in it.

[AmysGames]

My own writing tends to be pretty dialogue-heavy, so I'd be a hypocrite if I said I didn't like it. But I agree with the above takes that you want to minimize the amount of dialogue that doesn't contribute anything to the narrative.

[Cass]

What do you mean by "flowery language"?

[MelancholicOtaku]

Too little dialogue and I feel like I don’t connect enough with the characters, too much and it feels like I’m not connecting to the world around them.
A good mix between dialogue world building and plots moving the story along that’s what I would aim for. With practice of course

[BoomerZ]

I would say most dialogue balloons should have no more than 3-4 sentences in them. If you need more, make more balloons and more panels. And people don't talk in monologues in real life. Usually short bursts words, so the conversations should go back and forth. The conversation should also have a point. Talking for talking sake will make readers tune out very quickly. Dialogue is there to move the story along. Another thing to make dialogue more readable is have the characters do something other than just talking heads and medium shots. I see lots of this even in professional comics, the 9 panel, cut and paste, of a head just talking. Artwork goes a long way to tell a story that doesn't need to be in dialogue. There are plenty of books out there on how to write dialogue in books and the same applies to comics.

Will the current comics audience accept dialog beyond "S-senpai noticed me!" floating in a huge empty white png?

I absolutely hate this type of dialogue in space unless it's for a purpose. Scrolling down and seeing random dialogue balloons and boxes on empty backgrounds annoys me to no end,

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[aquashark]

honestly it all depends on the perspective, from a readers viewpoint lots of dialogue can be incredibly immersive but it wont go into depth for how the characters are thinking while they speak. Which can be good in its own way don't get me wrong trying to read between the lines as a reader can be very fun.

however from a writing perspective it can be a pain to have constant dialogue without thoughts to go deeper into the scene, personally I find it harder to structure a chapter with high amounts of dialogue compared to a chapter with more thoughts than dialogue. Might just be me.

[Heidifisk]

To be fair it's almost always depends on how its presented.

If a character is saying a lot, break it up between dialog boxes ect. Maybe have them do a few actions while speaking.

[Cass]

This is how it is with me. I always have to find ways to make my characters stop talking.

[Cass]

I.m the opposite. I find it harder to write more thoughts than dialogue.