LI: Write using dialogue
SC:
- Play the conversation out in your head (or aloud)
- Remember that every now and then, speakers interrupt each other
- Try not to use 'said' very often.. sometimes you don't even need to say who was speaking
- Start a new line every time someone new speaks
- Ensure you know how your characters would react/what they would say
- Include adjectives and adverbs
- Use quotation marks
- Don't try to perfect speech... speech isn't perfect
Friends on a plane to Wellington
Joe - Colden
David - Will
Annika - Kaya
Ruby - Aislinn
"Ah this is SO boring," David moaned while flicking through the safety catalogue. There was a disgusted look on Ruby's face.
"We totally got ripped off!"
"Just calm down already," remarked Annika, even though she didn't know what Ruby was going on about. Joe was looking blankly out the window, while mindlessly pulling out the stuffing from the seat cushion. Watching the seat fall apart before his eyes, David glared at Joe.
"Why are you ripping up the seat? It's not yours." Joe didn't respond. Was he being ignorant or oblivious?
"The food is gross, there's no TV, and even Joe can rip the seat up. That's low quality," Ruby droned on in the background, not caring if anyone was listening.
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