dialog

Dialog : 

Dialog What you talkin’ ‘bout, Mang?

Bad Dialog : 

Bad Dialog “Hey, what are you doing?” “Nothing. What you up to?” “Not much. Feel like going to a movie?” “Sure, I’ll meet you there.” “OK” “OK. Bye.” “Bye.”

Good Dialog : 

Good Dialog It should be brief, because in life we seldom say more than a few sentences at a time. It should add to the reader's present knowledge. It should omit, or quickly pass over, the routine exchanges of ordinary conversation. It should sound spontaneous but avoid the repetitions of real talk.

Good Dialog : 

Good Dialog It should keep the story moving forward; it should not be only an exhibition of the writer's skill with idiomatic dialog or of the writer's wit. It should reveal something about the speakers' personalities, both directly and indirectly. It should show relationships among people.

Dialog Formats : 

Dialog Formats Narrative Scripts (plays, TV shows, Movies, etc) Interviews Poetry Transcripts

Suggestions for writing : 

Suggestions for writing Put your central character together with someone significant in his or her life . . . someone loved . . . someone adversarial. Set them to talking about what has passed between them. You will establish this information in the brief introduction to your dialogue or two voice poem.

Suggestions for writing : 

Suggestions for writing Put your person together with someone prominent in history either similar or dissimilar. Get them talking about their passions/ life work: Bill Gates and Thomas Edison, Michael Jordan and Fred Flintstone, Jimi Hendrix and Adolf Hitler, A modern nurse with Florence Nightingale, George Bush with George Washington, etc.

Suggestions for writing : 

Suggestions for writing Put the child with the relative she never knew and let them talk out of their own experience. Create a dialog that never would have taken place (like Tonia's "New Beginnings") but captures, nevertheless, the essence of the characters' relationship.

Suggestions for writing : 

Suggestions for writing Create a dialog between characters that briefly encapsulates important information. Cast the dialog in the form of an interview conducted by the author or another character, fictional or real.