The Boring Writer® ESSAY’s | How To Write A Dialogue (In Literature)
We are back And we bring you today a new essay about writing screenplays and books, Today we are going to dissect dialogue and how it is written!
Writing dialogue is one of the most complex things to do inside a fictional story or a documentary-style story, But they always follow the same pattern, that once discovered by the writer will make all the difference between a common dialogue and a smart dialogue, And the science of ‘Action And Reaction’ of dialogue.
Common Dialogue.
A ‘Common Dialogue’ is more often used when the writer wants to present the material, without worrying about a large range of emotions Or adding additional layers to the dialogue and characters, Which makes the dialogue very poor and very fragile through time, But in another hand. It moves the plot like no one other. For beginner writers, it surely is the most recommended when the context is about dialogue, But You shouldn’t get used to it just because you found a comfort zone in it, “don’t do it!” your dialogue just like your writing should evolve through your works and through so you can find a perfect balance between them.
Smart Dialogue.
Going a little bit deep down the rabbit hole of dialogue, We found the ‘Smart Dialogue’ In which is sure without doubt the most complex between the two.
Through the smart dialogue, you found yourself as a writer giving your story more depth than the average writer does.
Giving layers to your characters and giving them a large range of emotions through the dialogue is fundamental to making an umbilical connection of ‘Public’ And ‘Characters’, In which is great! It’s fun to do it, to read it, To listen to. But the smart dialogue, it’s very fragile because of its density, Which makes it a little bit harder to move the plot forward without everything feeling clunky and strange, and his fragility it’s obviously due to the fact, that if the dialogue is misplaced and misspelled, it just breaks the illusion and the feeling that you are trying to convey through the writing, That’s why you should remember to always know how to place the dialogue, And make a very good balance between density and moving the plot forward.
What Is Dialogue, And What is A Good Dialogue Example?
What Is Dialogue?
Basically explaining dialogue in a simple way, Is a tool for writers, to move the plot forward through the character's eyes and to reveal new things to the audience, Without the oratory narrator's presence; dialogue in the simplest term is all about “Action, And Reaction” When a character says “Hi!” The Other Says “Hello” and goes all the way, But remember it’s more fun than just hi and hello alright.
But is too easy to say that “Basically” Dialogue it’s just that, dialogue along with the main writing, is fundamental to present new things, reveal new characters, and guide the audience to somewhere else.
And that’s why the presence of it in fictional stories it’s again fundamental to move and carry the story forward.
What Is A Good Dialogue Example?
One of the best screenwriters of our time is definitely Quentin Tarantino, And without any doubts, he masters the dialogue like no one else; Setting an almost perfect balance between adding a ‘Smart Dialogue’ And ‘Common Dialogue’ which makes all the difference in the final product.
Beyond playing one the best performances from the last 100 years, Christoff waltz delivered his lines like no one else could, He mastered the character like a real pro in this movie, Which made such a big difference in the character, and how the character we’re portrayed in the screen.
And one of the best parts of his acting is indeed right at the first time his character appeared on screen, And the dialogue in his introduction played a big role in introducing this amazing character that Quentin had created.
Despite a major part of his dialogue being talked in another language, the intention stays the same.
And after a long process of the character talking and asking questions about the family that there lived once, The character ‘Hans Landa’ Deducts through the farmer’s apprehension is actually lying and omitting facts for ‘Hans’ And through the dialogue, the threat of ‘Hans Landa’ in that farmer's house, Only grows; Grows at a point where the shit hit the fan and innocent people are killed in a sad and coward attack from the germans towards the poor jew people hiding underneath the floorboards.
But let’s attain to the dialogue, That once again is genius in this specific scene, And the way the screenwriter wrote it, By making ‘Hans Landa’ a threat and making him the villain of not just the others characters point of view but instead of a whole community that calls him the ‘Jew Hunter’, And that he is able to think like ‘Them’ is such a great example of dialogue writing which conducts the audience to know and recognize the villainy of that character in a masterful way.
There is such a vast range of good characters with great dialogue moments as well but definitively when the matter is dialogue, Quentin and his characters always end up being the greatest examples to show to the public how dialogue should be made, And the balance of revealing characters traits, and moving the plot and characters forward should be delivered.
I'm gonna leave here the link to the video where if you have an interest in dialogue, you will be able to dissect the dialogue moment by yourself, and definitely, you should rewatch this scene as well that’s my recommendation for you guys!
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coS2CdNd7Io
So I guess that’s it guys thank you very much for reading this essay about writing good dialogue, See you next time ‘Weekend Writers!’
