Shinji Ikari Raising Project

[Ace Dreamer]

I find it hard to make it seem like people aren't just standing around talking to each other when they're just standing around talking to each other. Dialogue can be painfully dull at times....

That, and giving people something to say

I'm told the secret is chopping-out anything except for the bits of dialogue that convey what you want to say.  But then, my creative writing tutor seems to support the "show don't tell" school of writing, an area I fall down badly on, sometimes.  It is the interactions that make dialogue interesting, I think, and hints at the agendas and preconceived ideas that the various people have.  Glimpses at their world views...
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind