This document discusses dialogue in fiction writing. It provides examples of effective dialogue and suggests it brings characters to life by being more interesting than real speech. The document also provides a sample dialogue between a passenger and booking clerk and brainstorms potential pairings for conversations and topics they may discuss, such as a parent-teacher meeting or friends planning a vacation.
This document discusses dialogue in fiction writing. It provides examples of effective dialogue and suggests it brings characters to life by being more interesting than real speech. The document also provides a sample dialogue between a passenger and booking clerk and brainstorms potential pairings for conversations and topics they may discuss, such as a parent-teacher meeting or friends planning a vacation.
This document discusses dialogue in fiction writing. It provides examples of effective dialogue and suggests it brings characters to life by being more interesting than real speech. The document also provides a sample dialogue between a passenger and booking clerk and brainstorms potential pairings for conversations and topics they may discuss, such as a parent-teacher meeting or friends planning a vacation.
Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people.
Dialogue is essential to fiction writing. Dialogue brings characters to life and adds interest. Dialogue must do more than just duplicate real speech. Writing dialogue consists of the most exciting, most interesting, most emotional, and most dramatic words. Example of a dialogue writing between passenger and booking clerk
Clerk: Good morning! How may I help you?
Passenger: I want a reservation of two tickets to Delhi. Clerk: Have you filled the reservation form? Passenger: Here it is! Clerk: But there is no seat available on 25th January. Passanger: Is there any seat available in Jan Shatabdi Express. Clerk: Yes. There are two seats are available in Jan Shatabdi Express. Passenger: What is the time of departure? Clerk: The time of departure is 07:38 am. Passenger: Please book two tickets. Thank you, Sir. Brainstorm people that might have a conversation and write them on the board and what they might talk about. Some examples:
Parent - Teacher: Why did little Billy get a ‘C’?
Teacher Upholding the Integrity of School Rules - Student Cheating on a Test: How much a zero is going to hurt? Between mother and daughter Mother and Son/ could be planning for a vacation. Guide and Tourist, Between two Friends Teacher and student/ could be about exams or studies. Doctor and patient. Shopkeeper and customer.