Silence.

by sara13

Published June 28, 2013

12+ Language

"Say Something Else"

"I don't know what you mean...?"

"Tell me a lie"

"I don't know what you are trying to say"

"Just lie to me. Say something else."

"Why do I have to lie?"

"The truth is blank, it's empty. I don't like it."

"Well I try to be honest all the time."

"Can you please just LIE?" 

"No. I'm sorry."

Silence.

"You know why I asked you to lie?"

"Why?"

"Because I couldn't take the truth. Because I wanted to pretend that everying was different and better."

"Well, it's not."

"You're a dick!"

"Say what you want."

"I can't believe you."

"Believe it."

Silence.

"I wish you were different."

"I'm not."

"I just wish you were."

"I got it thanks."

Silence.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be..."

"I shouln't have called you a dick."

"I'm the one who should be sorry."

"No, I should know you by now."

"That is true yes."

"We good?"

"Always."

Silence.

"Wow, I love how we can stay quiet and think together."

"Silence is a powerful thing."

Comments & reviews · 3
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BadNarrator
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BadNarrator wrote a review Review · Jun 30, 2013

alright, so I clicked on this story because it was written entirely in dialogue, except for the word “silence” that is. maybe instead of writing silence you could just use an asterisk or something to suggest a beat in the dialogue. anyway, when I read this I was like “meh”, I think you could’ve done better. the dialogue here is somewhat interesting, but not so much so that it deserves to be its own story. if you are going to write a story entirely in conversation than the dialogue needs to be as specific as hell in order to paint a clear picture for the reader. as it stands right now I’m not even sure what age or gender the characters are. I couldn’t hear the characters’ voices in my head. the words in this story are just that…words, with no context.

consider adding some narration to this piece, or, if you are dead set on a dialogue only story, change it so that one character is telling a story to another character secondhand. don't just write a story in dialogue for the novelty of it. it still needs to have all the components of a conventional story, conflict, character development, rising action, climax, falling action etc. basically it has to do all the work of a normal story if you want it to mean anything for your reader.

anyway, that’s about all I have for now. hope it was helpful.

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hockeyfan87
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hockeyfan87 wrote a review Review · Jun 30, 2013

I agree with Jon7670, this is a very unique and cool idea and story! I really liked the dialogue, how it just flowed. I could imagine it happening between two ordinarry people too, which is good! That's how its supposed to be! I also, liked how fast paced it was and how it just continued and went to the climax and then the resolution between silences. My only critique is this:
"Say Something Else" (should they be capitalized?0

"I don't know what you mean...?"

"Tell me a lie" (period after lie?)

"I don't know what you are trying to say"(period after say?)
Not sure if those were intentional or not but either way just letting you know! Good job!
-Hockeyfan87/Jenn

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Jony
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Jony wrote a review Review · Jun 30, 2013

Hey, I think this was really cool and unique!

I loved how it flowed and didn't seemed forced, like some dialogue does, I also like the fact that you left out any descriptions and made it all dialogue.

I also like how it goes from rising conflict to climax to resolution and I think this helps it flow more and adds makes things seem more realistic.

I think you did a great job of making the dialogue seem unforced and natural, it is also done in a way that the reader can almost see the people having this argument without any descriptions.

All in all I think this is very unique and well done, I hope to read and review some more by you!



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