The dialog that follows the All Is Lost-point is difficult. What is said and done on the next ten pages will result in a major change with the main character. She will leave the old behind and step out as new.
Now is the time for that brilliant dialog that will knock everybody out of the chair.
But I don’t think about it that way when I write. That would give me a big writer’s block for sure. And the characters in my story don’t think “hey, I’m gonna say something memorable now”. They don’t know that what they say will change somebody’s life.
It still is just a scene when I write.
But although the character that speaks simply has a goal, it has to be said in a way that affects the character in the right way. It has to feel trustworthy.
This type of change in a person may take months or years and in a movie we got to achieve the same effect on five minutes.
Another thing that makes it difficult is a little boy at one and a half that likes to bang his hands on the keyboard when he sits in my lap. I don’t like to get angry and he is just telling me I’m boring, so we read some books instead.
2 comments:
Good morning, Desiree,
I love your last paragraph - wonderful compromises like reading books, instead, are what make life so delightful sometimes.
I left you a little note in the comments to "Haves and HaveNots".
Interesting about your hurricane - and I'm so silly - I've been so interested in what you have to say that I never noticed where you're from. We have a thing or two in common other than writing!
Linda
Good morning to you too Linda.
Thank you for your kind words. I read your note to my comment.
Do you still eat Swedish Christmas food?
We should exchange e-mail addresses. Mine is all_others_taken@yahoo.com
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