I didn’t understand either side of the conversation. I made them say what I wanted them to say, not what they would say, because I was only concerned with what I was going to say and what I was going to say was going to be PERFECT.īut the perfect thing wasn’t what I would say, either. Of course the conversations either didn’t take place or didn’t play out the way I imagined and there’s a mostly simple reason why: I didn’t understand the person I was imitating on the other end of the conversation. When I was a boy I used to stay up at night, playing out conversations in my head, going “then I say, then they say, then I say, then they say,” trying to parse out that perfect word or phrase, to show the world how quick and smooth I was. Great Dialogue Starts With Characterization. You know who they are, how they react, and why they react the way they do. You have to understand your characters at such a deep level that their words are second nature. It is to find these little sayings that express so much more than the words written on the page. Your job as a writer is to create dialogue that no one in the world could say but your character. They create a lasting impression on the reader or viewer on who the character was, embodying both physical, mental and vocal characteristics. The dialogue quoted above are perennial quotes that do something more for the characters who said it than simply express information.
Holden Caulfield: “People are always ruining things for you.” Rick Blaine: “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”
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