Blog Hop! Twitter Dialogue.
I got this nifty little idea from Writer’s Digest. Writing dialogue is hard. There really isn’t any other way to put it. It’s necessary to cut down on character’s speech (keeping out the use of words, such as: So, Um, Uh, Like, Well) because even though it’s how we talk, it definitely doesn’t mean we should write that way.
This is a great tool for learning how to tighten dialogue and it’s going to make for a fun blog hop.
The goal is to write a scene using only dialogue and everything has to be written Twitter style: only 140 characters per dialogue entry. Your post can be as long or short, funny or serious as you’d like. There are no rules other than keeping dialogue to 140 characters. Have your post up by Thursday night and add the link to your post to the linky-link below. The winner will be chosen based on creativity and strength of dialogue, and will win a $10 gift card to Amazon.
Start with a theme: I have a prince who is trying to steal the gold from a dragon.
Add characters: @ConnivingPrince, @PrettyPrincess, @DangerousDragon,
And have fun!
@PrettyPrincess: I’m pretty.
@ConnivingPrince: Stop fluffing your dress. It’s poofy enough. You’re getting pink glitter everywhere.
@PrettyPrincess: It makes me prettier.
@ConivingPrince: Your prettiness has nothing to do with your tastiness. We need the dragon to eat you, not stare at you.
@PrettyPrincess:…
@ConnivingPrince: Pouting won’t do any good.
@PrettyPrincess: …
@ConnivingPrince: Either will batting your eyelashes. Besides, I like brunettes, not blonds.
@PrettyPrincess: My golden locks are much prettier than dirty-water colored hair.
@ConnivingPrince: Let’s hope the dragon thinks so.
@PrettyPrincess: I don’t know why I agreed to this. After I’m eaten, I won’t be pretty anymore and I do like being pretty.
@ConnivingPrince: You agreed to it because while the dragon eats you, I can steal his gold.
@PrettyPrincess: That doesn’t make any sense!
@ConnivingPrince: Too late. We’re already here.
@DangerousDragon: ROARRRRR!
@PrettyPrincess: I don’t want to be eaten!
@ConnivingPrince: I want that gold!
@DangerousDragon: Roar?
@PrettyPrincess: You’re a rather cute dragon, aren’t you?
@ConnivingPrince: Eat her! Eat her you stupid dragon!
@DangerousDragon: Grrr, hiss.
@PrettyPrincess: Don’t be mean to him.
@ConnivingPrince: I’ll be mean to whomever I’d like, stupid, ugly girl.
@PrettyPrincess: I am not ugly.
@ConnivingPrince: You’re hideous
@DangerousDragon: Snort.
@ConnivingPrince: No, that’s my arm! Blood? Is that my blood? All I wanted was the gooooold…
@DangerousDragon: Gulp.
@PrettyPrincess: What a sweet dragon you are.
@DangerousDragon: Purrr.
@PrettyPrincess: Yes, I think I’m pretty, too. Thank you very much.
Great idea! Is there a deadline or do we need to post to our blog and post the link up above?
Ooh! Sounds fun.
I’m all over it like a fat kid on an M & M.
Ooh! Sounds like a blast! I will be back by Thurs to link my post.
I’m writing mine! Will probably have it up tomorrow or Wednesday.
@Kate–”like a fat kid on an M&M” Hilarious!!
Yours is sooo cute! I’m working on mine as we speak.
I’m not sure I could pull this off, but I LOVE yours!
BTW, I have an award for you on my blog!
[...] Brandt is hosting a Dialogue Bloghop, in which participants have to write a dialogue consisting of Twitter-style lines, only 140 [...]
I’ve just made mine. I hope no one minds the subject matter is a little heavy, but it’s one of the periods in 20th century history I’ve chosen to write about since it’s one of my areas of expertise.
So, I totally didn’t think I’d have time to do this, but last night, as I was scrounging around for a blog post idea, a scene came to me. Unbidden. That’s when I knew I had to do it, and tada! Wednesday blog post!
Thanks for hosting this and sharing such a fun exercise!
What a novel idea for a blog hop. Sadly, the ghost of William Faulkner had dips on today’s post for Alex’s insecure writer’s ssupport blog hop.
Your funny princess has a bit in common with my YA hero, Victor Standish. He loves a Victorian ghoul, so when she wants to nibble his ear lobes, he does an edgy tango with death! LOL. Roland