Apr 01 2010
Fun With Dialogue
This is the first scene of the first day of my NaNo2k4 project, The Sky Pirate. Do I find dialogue fun or not? You be the judge!
“It was a moonlit night, and magic was in the air,†whispered Eggplant nervously as he crouched behind the barrels with the others.
“Ssh,†said Bola, trying to look around under the canvas awning that stretched over them on the dock.
“He speaks in the third person when he is nervous,†explained Eggplant of himself, helpfully.
“He’s going to get his tongue pinned to the dock if he keeps making noise, isn’t that right, Coop,†murmured Bola, drawing a wicked big knife to demonstrate her point Continue Reading »