A little light recently went on in the dim recess at the back of my mind. I was reading a personal essay from someone in my wonderful, talented, most awesome writing group. "This is good," I keep thinking, jealous that I did not write it myself.
That's when the little hamster that runs on the wheel that powers my brain threw the switch. Dialogue! My friend's story rocked the house because it was not just a straight little narrative, but peppered with interaction between the characters. Interesting.
The hamster ran on its wheel harder than usual, and on Sunday while I was in the shower thinking about doctors' appointments, a dialogue happened. I was barely toweled off when I ran out of the bathroom to write it down in my notebook.
"What are you doing?" Husband asked, amused that I was sitting mostly naked on our bed scribbling furiously with red pen.
"Dialogue!" I replied and nodded.
"Indeed," Husband said. I agreed. It's all about dialogue!
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I noticed that you've included dialogue in this very post. Kudos.
ReplyDeleteI try to stay away from it myself. I'm not much for people talking.
I can't sit half naked anywhere. All I hear is my son running through the house screaming "Momma nakie. Momma nakie!"
ReplyDeletePersonally, I love dialogue, it's the descriptions I have to work on.
yep, trying to work that in myself. such is the recommendation of my mentor for my children's writing course.
ReplyDeletei am not good with dialogue, it always sounds much better in my head than on the paper.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to know I am not the only one who has inspirational showers.
I get my best ideas while I am in the bathroom. Probably because I can't write them down. Murphy's law.
ReplyDeleteLet's get you a waterproof notebook. If that doesn't exist, I'll invent it.
ReplyDelete"Dialouge has always confused me as much as the semi colon; I am just not sure what to do with either," I said in a frustrated tone. (Did I even use that right?)
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