No, no, no, dialog rocks. I love writing dialog, but I've never gotten it to last nine pages. (I don't think. I'd have to check.)
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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Ms. Havisham - Jan 21, 2003 9:57:42 am PST #450 of 10001
And we will call it... "This Land."
Theodosia - Jan 21, 2003 10:10:22 am PST #451 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'll send over some of my characters with a cup of chatter. You will be sorry.
Theodosia - Jan 21, 2003 10:12:43 am PST #452 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Also, the conversation these characters are having hasn't finished yet. And they're about to be interupted by a third character bearing news that they will have to discuss. Possibly shouting will be involved.
Ms. Havisham - Jan 21, 2003 10:28:40 am PST #453 of 10001
And we will call it... "This Land."
I assume they're not just standing around, though. Arguing while you're driving on a snowy highway is always interesting.
Theodosia - Jan 21, 2003 10:56:47 am PST #454 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
No, they're in a kitchen. Actually, one of the characters manages to eat breakfast while all this is going on, but then he's a teenager so I figure his appetite hasn't been much affected.
Alibelle - Jan 21, 2003 9:16:14 pm PST #455 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Would anyone like to read the poem I just wrote for my poetry class? You don't need to critique it if you don't want to. It just entertained me.
Luggage
Listen: "Please control your baggage," says sec
urity. But it's not so easy to command these things-
good baggage takes time to acquire, and
great baggage takes effort to master.
A lot of people pay very large amounts to do just that.
Green ripstop nylon; neglect. It isn't always
easy to control.
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2003 11:46:15 pm PST #456 of 10001
brillig
I like it. It's always fun to riff off commonplace things like that. "Control your baggage." Yeah, easy for you to say. I've spent years working on this mental baggage.
Alibelle - Jan 21, 2003 11:48:26 pm PST #457 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Thanks, Connie! They said that as I was getting off the plane last week, and it just sent me into giggles.
Connie Neil - Jan 22, 2003 12:01:17 am PST #458 of 10001
brillig
And then they give you funny looks like you're the crazy one. Silly people.
Alibelle - Jan 22, 2003 12:05:23 am PST #459 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
"I'm not crazy. I just have a finely honed sense of irony."