Hello, it’s the Old Soldier here again. Today we are blogging in Pittsburgh on a sunny, 60 degree day. The rest of the week will be sunny in the high 70s to low 80s. Yes indeed that’s my kind of weather in my kind of town…
Can you believe the Pirates are playing 600 baseball ( how long will that last?) and the Penguins are up 3-1 in the NHL playoffs…
West Penn Allegheny Health System has filed a suit in federal court against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for being a local monopoly…
Dialogue. Dialogue. Dialogue. Dialogue is one of the most powerful tools that a writer has. If you want to write short shorts or very short stories that come alive then your characters must come alive and the best way to do that is through dialogue. Dialogue allows the reader to “hear” your characters speak in their own words expressing their own thoughts.
If you’re having trouble writing dialogue remember this one thing. Give each speaking character a different agenda. Don’t explain to the reader what the agenda is. Just let your characters talk and the reader will know what each character’s agenda is and your flash fiction will sing.
The following two short stories are good examples of this theory of dialogue. Just click on the following links:
Money and the American Writer (A Short Story) www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/Money-and-the-American-Writer.661683
Vietnam in the Mist (A Short Story) www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/Vietnam-in-the-Mist.643749
