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Managing Fictional Narrative Flow - Dialogue/Indirect Discourse
Unit Completion Date: End of Week 9
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Of course, as with most fictional elements, one of the best ways to learn is through imitation. You can often develop the best sense of how a writer you admire works through a passage of dialogue by simply typing out that passage yourself. Entering into the act of writing the passage will force you to confront those moments in the dialogue where you would have made a different choice. One aspect of dialogue that many student writers struggle with is what to put between lines of dialogue to space them out, and typing out a passage in this way helps you to see how another writer handles this problem.
Leaf through your selected story and find a passage of dialogue at least 150 words long. Try to choose as complete a conversation as possible, even if there are some parts that are not reported directly in quotation marks. Type the passage out, paying special attention to where the author makes choices you would not have. Afterward, if you notice any places where the author makes choices that surprise you, include a few sentences that explain your observations. This exercise will not be posted to the course discussion board, but should be placed in the dialogue section of your craftbook.
Dialogue Exercise 1 (Opt.) - Submit Response
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