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Writing Sample #3: Sample Dialog
5 years ago
From a story I edited for a client -- but largely rewrote in the process.
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“Back when I had an angry temper," said Spotter, "I thought I was showing people they couldn’t mess with me. Instead … I just made myself a bigger target.”
“I guess standing up for yourself is not as simple as I thought,” remarked Scuttle.
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Moments earlier:
Lucky asked, “Will you be staying at the manor this evening?”
“Actually…,” replied Speckles. She looked toward her husband with a grin. “We’re going to be staying at my parents’ house.”
Spotter laughed. “Yep! Where I get to hear her dad remind me, once again, how — if it wasn’t for his daughter, I would be a lonely toothless Haposaur.”
“Oh, Spotter!” giggled Speckles. “At least he doesn’t still call you the ‘Haposaur punching bag’. Or ‘Toothless Temper’. Or —”
“I get it,” he interrupted. He waved his arms out in front of himself.
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“Back when I had an angry temper," said Spotter, "I thought I was showing people they couldn’t mess with me. Instead … I just made myself a bigger target.”
“I guess standing up for yourself is not as simple as I thought,” remarked Scuttle.
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Moments earlier:
Lucky asked, “Will you be staying at the manor this evening?”
“Actually…,” replied Speckles. She looked toward her husband with a grin. “We’re going to be staying at my parents’ house.”
Spotter laughed. “Yep! Where I get to hear her dad remind me, once again, how — if it wasn’t for his daughter, I would be a lonely toothless Haposaur.”
“Oh, Spotter!” giggled Speckles. “At least he doesn’t still call you the ‘Haposaur punching bag’. Or ‘Toothless Temper’. Or —”
“I get it,” he interrupted. He waved his arms out in front of himself.
