THE INK WELL FAST AND FURIOUS FESTIVAL DAY ONE

[mayifiestas]

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Day 1 Prompt - Character and Dialogue
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Dialog is one of your best tools for bringing your characters to life. What they say and how they say it will give us a sense of who that character is. Do they shout? Do they laugh or open their eyes wide while talking? Do they lapse into their native Spanish when frustrated?

Get your characters talking when it can help inform readers of something important, when you want us to see a personality trait, or when you have an opportunity to tell part of the story through characters talking to one another. (Writing Tip #26: Action, Dialog and Narrative - The Dynamic Trio)

Task One
In your post, take what you learn about each of the three characters from the dialogue in the extract below and then develop them until you have a paragraph describing the character more fully.

A woman in a restaurant whispers to her friend:
"You know who that is over there, don't you?"
The other woman surreptiously glances at the other table:
"No, who?"
"That's just it, she's had so much work done you don't recognise her. That's Betty Grainger."
"No!"
"Yes, she's had her nose done, cheeks lifted, even a hair transplant."
"Whatever for?"
"She's going into politics."
"Seriously, that's really her?" * (69 words)

Here is my interpretation:

First character:

1.-Tapic Lunis:
it is a female alien, approximately 143 years old, she belongs to the royalty of her planet, being the queen's sister, her main characteristic is arrogance, she has a very stylized appearance, envious already almost He doesn't like anyone and he only has one friend, the popular Robic.

Second character:

2.-Robic Solec:
This is a female alien, she is 135 years old and the faithful and inseparable friend of Tapic, Robic is somewhat plump, with an extravagant appearance, is exaggeratedly arranged and her voice is very shrill and not very discreet, and enjoys popularity that offers to be friends with Tapic Lunis.

Third character:

Betty Grainger:
she is a beautiful 140-year-old alien, her appearance is different from the other inhabitants of her planet, after endless operations, in order to resemble as much as possible a human being, since this immersed in politics, she wants to gain traits different from others in order to win the affection of both aliens and humans.
Its main quality is kindness and the desire to always help the most vulnerable.

Task Two
Write a short dialogue, like the one above, no more than 70-100 words, where two characters are talking about a third one. What can you reveal about your characters in your dialogue?

Some ideas:

nurses talking about a new doctor
zoo-keepers talking about a gorilla
gang members talking about a rival gang boss
Or make up one of your own!

You're going to have to work fast and furious to get this done in 25 minutes!

Here is my interpretation:

Dialogue

"Robic, did you see who's sitting there like nothing?"

"I don't know who Tapic, there is anger, friend, I can't distinguish it !."

"Calm down, Robic, I'll tell you, it's about Betty, the candidate for queen of our planet, I swear I can't stand her look at how many surgeries and changes, she denies her roots just to look good as human beings"

"I can't believe it's her, I never thought that she would transform in such an atrocious way, just to ingratiate herself with human beings, what a shame on our race."

Comments

[kaerpediem]

Felt like I was on a Star Trek or Star Wars setting haha
Loved that you made them aliens

Who doesn't want to look more human eh? :D

[mayifiestas]

Thanks for taking the time to read me, I've always liked writing about different topics.

[gilliatt]

Excellent, I was pleasantly surprised that you met all the requirements with the same characters, I thought the dialogue was great as well as moving us to a star trek setting, with an extra ingredient, which is never missing: "Gossip", Well done.

[mayifiestas]

I like that you liked it, always a pleasure to write for those who value it.

[theinkwell]

Hello @mayifiestas, did you read and comment on other people's posts in the fast and furious festival? If so, please link the comments to this comment on the Day One festival post.

[agmoore]

What a wonderful interpretation! Making the characters into aliens. You surprise us and change the perspective completely. Plus, the humorous aspect is entertaining.

As for the dialogue: you very successfully give clues,such as

she denies her roots just to look good as human beings

and

just to ingratiate herself with human beings, what a shame on our race

However, the second line:

"I don't know who Tapic, there is anger, friend, I can't distinguish it !."

is a little confusing. It's hard to tell who is angry.

All in all though, an entertaining and well-done exercise!

[mayifiestas]

Thank you very much for your comment, your opinion is important to me.