Dialogue For those who have a handle on the way people talk and the sometimes not so subtle differences in their speech patterns, I congratulate you. May you continue to write dialogue that sounds like real talk, but isn’t. Real conversations are filled with questions like Hi, how are you? What’s happening? Also, people tend to include short statements like, “Da.” and “You know.” And introductions between people do not make good dialogue. These serve their purpose in real exchanges between people, but they don’t contribute to a story. On the contrary, they become boring to the reader. So make your dialogue sound real but leave out the boring stuff. Give your main character a manner of speaking that differentiates them from the crowd. If they have a sidekick make their speech patterns fit their personality and let the reader know who is talking. Give you antagonist a third distinctive voice. This will minimize the need for, he said, and she said on each line of dialogue and will make your dialogue flow naturally. For example if the main character is a hard boiled cop: He might have said, “Hands up, Candy Ass.!” when pointing his gun at a bad guy who has a gun aimed back at his head. While his partner a criminal psychology major retorts with, “Both of you need to calm down.” while holding his gun on the bad guy. The bad guy replies, “Don’t never listen to a cop.” and fires his gun narrowly missing the hard boiled cops head. “Success is not measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington. Keep on reading and writing great dialogue.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:52:13 +0000
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