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Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:28 pm
shadowphoenix2580 says...



Can someone please help me, my character always seems to run away from conversations in a flurry of see you laters.

I need help it is starting to give my character an evasive quality and i want to avoid that.

I need model on how to end a conversation between my charaters my dialouge skills are real great.
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:40 pm
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When I'm stuck I go and have a conversation with friends or family members (even if it annoys them) and note down how each person expresses themself.
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:10 pm
Emerson says...



well, you'll want to avoid "see you later"s any how, using things like that clutters up events. You have to keep in mind while writing that everything (every line of dialogue) has to move the story forward.

I'm not completely sure how to help you with this exact problem, though. But, I found some links that my help you in general...

http://www.scribesworld.com/writersnich ... ue1ER.html
http://www.mapletreepublishing.com/writing_dialogue.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/module7

I hope some of this helped :-D
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:48 pm
Snoink says...



Make the "see you laters" narrative. Don't waste dialogue on something so trivial. ;)
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:02 pm
Cassandra says...



The characters don't always have to give a farewell...perhaps they're cut off, and can't finish their conversation? Oh, the drama! Or maybe one character is so angry they walk off in a storm, without saying good bye? Something like that could add to characterization...

Just a few ideas. :D
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