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
