WRITING OBSTACLE

Write a difficult conversation between two characters without using any dialogue tags.

Dialogue tags describe the speech - 'he whispered', 'she murmered', 'they said' etc. Removing these indicators will encourage you to make the dialogue speak for itself, instead of relying on tags to describe and clarify the intent behind the words.

The Story of Stars

I told the star a story One made from ink and time A story that I told him A story I couldn’t rhyme A girl once loved a man A man once took this girl Thought to make her his wife But killed before he could try The star then blinked out Of the cold night sky It’s light dimmed As it began to cry I told the star a story Of love that was gone It went all wrong And the star wept All through the night Until it could no longer cry And I stayed by its side But they were not as sad As you might expect Because they loved each other A tale as old as time
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