Dialogue Game, Part 1
Hello, hello. How is everyone? Good, I hope. I’m alright! Here is a little experiment I am trying with dialogue. First, I write a conversation, dialogue-only, and then I take it and fit it into a scene. Below is the dialogue for my first attempt. Now I’ll retreat into my Word Cave and write a scene to stick the conversation in. Wish me luck!
“I get emotional all the time lately. Anything will set me off – like, I heard a story earlier about a man who was getting executed. For his last meal he wanted a vegetarian pizza delivered to a homeless person, but they told him no. They wouldn’t do it.”
“Yeah?”
“Well, somehow word got out, and people started donating vegetarian pizzas to homeless shelters all over the place! I started to get choked up, for real.”
“Wow.”
“Yeah.”
“Well, I guess it’s kind of an emotional story, you know? I can understand how that might touch a nerve somewhere.”
“Yeah, but that’s not an isolated incident. It happened yesterday, too.”
“Really?”
“Really. I was driving and listening to this great funk group from Texas. It was a live performance, and they just tore it apart. It was amazing. Right at the end, when the audience started applauding, I got all misty. See what I mean? That’s weird.”
“Yeah, but if it was such an intense performance then I can see why the end might be some kind of release.”
“You’re bullshitting me, aren’t you?”
“Maybe a little.”
“Thanks.”
“You’re just wound up a little tight right now, that’s all. Don’t worry about it.”
“Yeah, you’re probably right. But what if I break down and cry at some totally inappropriate moment? That would be terrible.”
“Now you’re just being silly.”
“What if I just start bawling when we’re at dinner with your parents? Like, inconsolably crying my eyes out because the potatoes are so delicious.”
“Yeah? Still talking about this, huh?”
“And then I’m crying so hard that I start puking all over the place.”
“Are you done yet? I think you’re done.”
“Bleurrrrrgh! Bleurrrrrgh!”
“Yeah, you’re done.”
May 13th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Stick a fork it me! I’m done!
June 18th, 2007 at 1:02 am
[...] You may recall the little dialogue game I posted about here. Well, here is the result! I actually finished it weeks ago, but I wasn’t crazy about it so I’ve been loathe to put it online. However, my word is my bond. I can’t leave an obligation unfulfilled! So here you go. It’s about seafaring folk, if that helps things. [...]