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| D is for DIALOGUE |
Each
post for the A to Z Challenge is the challenge I set for myself.
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| Dialogue: because what people say, and how they say it, is revealing. |
D is for Dialogue because it reveals everything about
your character as long as it is realistic, and not loaded down with plot
information.
HAL LONGLEAT AND THE TROUBLE WITH TRUTH
“I see you’re keeping out of the way.”
“Edith!” he said, quickly. He darted a
look around. He hadn’t heard her arriving over the noise in the courtyard. “I don’t want to watch.”
She smiled. “Delicious food and a warm
bed instead of leftovers and straw in the stable - give me worries
like that.”
“All I know is how to work with horses.”
“Sure. And, that will come in handy.”
“Maybe.” Hal gripped his sore thumb
inside his fist.
Could YOU have been gifted with the ability to identify
and eliminate weak and brittle phrases from your work? To the uninitiated,
these interlopers look like quality imagery.
CLICHÉ RAIDERS: REWRITE!
• deadly
accurate
• dead of
night, in the
• dead to
the world
• deafening
silence
• deaf to
entreaties
• death’s
door, at
• death
warmed up, like
• dicing
with death
• drop of
a hat, at the
• dry as a
bone
FOR D, I CHOSE DIALOGUE. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF YOUR D POST?
