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Real Dialogue
Wednesday, 3rd October 2007. Comments are closed.
This afternoon, while walking past the Colosseum, I saw an English mother and son. He was running around in wide circles on a patch of grass, and she was waiting nearby. As I reached them, she called out:
“We’re going now, James. Come here onto the boulders.”
The boy showed no signs of changing course, but a few seconds later, when his loop brought him close to his mother, he replied:
“Hi! I’ve changed my dance!”
These lines made me think of the trouble that a lot of writers have with making their dialogue ring true. (more…)
