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A good dialogue:

 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.

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