ThrillingHuman
always be casual, never be careless
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Back story for the prompt:
Yesterday, I tried something similar and seemed to have failed. Now I want others to try and see how it may turn out.
The goal of the prompt is too see how you can convey the characters through their speech without excessive "fat" is the writing.
Prompt rules: write a short piece of dialogue (2 lines each character at most, 1 line each preferably) without any non-dialogue text in-between (example: "snakes are cool", A said while scratching their head. The "A said..." is the non-dialogue part, of course.) or any direct references to the speakers' personalities ("you know I'm such a slob" would be a direct reference).
Try not to use verbal ticks (Um, hm, hmph, so, like etc etc) or too expressive means of writing (as examples, dragging out words liiiiike this, or making the characters s-stut-tter).
You must keep in mind the personalities of the speakers you want to convey.
After the short dialogue write their personalities in spoilers.
Crude example:
" Snakes are very dignified creatures, don't you agree?"
"Yes, whatever you say"
If you read a prompt of another person, you can reply to them how close your impression was to what they wanted to get across, but put your opinion in a spoiler too, not to affect the judgement of other readers
Yesterday, I tried something similar and seemed to have failed. Now I want others to try and see how it may turn out.
The goal of the prompt is too see how you can convey the characters through their speech without excessive "fat" is the writing.
Prompt rules: write a short piece of dialogue (2 lines each character at most, 1 line each preferably) without any non-dialogue text in-between (example: "snakes are cool", A said while scratching their head. The "A said..." is the non-dialogue part, of course.) or any direct references to the speakers' personalities ("you know I'm such a slob" would be a direct reference).
Try not to use verbal ticks (Um, hm, hmph, so, like etc etc) or too expressive means of writing (as examples, dragging out words liiiiike this, or making the characters s-stut-tter).
You must keep in mind the personalities of the speakers you want to convey.
After the short dialogue write their personalities in spoilers.
Crude example:
" Snakes are very dignified creatures, don't you agree?"
"Yes, whatever you say"
first person is immature and self-important, second person is a bit tired due to the conversation but not bad as a person
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