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How to fix on-the-nose dialogue

A weaker writer cuts those, because nothing happens in them. They are the load-bearing lines of the story.

CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Beginnings 15

An opening with a deadline: Story openings…

10-minute story openings and endings exercise. Start a story with someone trying to complete a small job before a visitor arrives.

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Say it once: Revision Exercise

10-minute revision exercise. Find a moment explained in both action and commentary.

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An offer expires: Tension and suspense…

10-minute tension and suspense exercise. Write a character considering an attractive offer while the person making it begins to withdraw it.

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The final reply: Story openings and endings…

10-minute story openings and endings exercise. Write the last line of a conversation as an answer that changes how we hear an earlier remark.