Rodeo #1: Dialog

And so the rodeo begins. Geoff le Pard has introduced the first contest: Dialog. You won’t believe who are conversing. Will you join in?

Carrot Ranch Literary Community

By Geoff Le Pard, Rodeo Leader

Writers are notorious people watchers. It’s a small miracle we don’t get done for stalking more often. Part of that idea — thieving we do involves listening to what people say — phrases, the modes of speech, dialect, etc. People convey ideas and feelings with words. [READ MORE…]

So, those pesky rules:

Every entry must be 99 words, no more, no less. You can have a title outside that limit.
It’s dialogue only. Everything inside speech marks, please. (American and British styles both accepted.)
Any genre, time, place, just let us know via words. If you can world build a fantasy, hats off! (Oh, by the way, I bloody loathe the overuse of the exclamation mark. Be very sparing or my prejudices may show through.
It’s a conversation so you need two characters at least. But can you have a conversation with yourself? With…

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7 thoughts on “Rodeo #1: Dialog”

Charli Mills October 5, 2018 at 3:08 pm

This will be fun! Thanks for sharing, Norah!

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dgkaye October 4, 2018 at 11:04 am

This looks like fun. If I meet my deadlines for current writing projects I’d love to have fun with it. 🙂

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Norah Post authorOctober 5, 2018 at 11:45 am

Oh, I do hope you meet your deadlines and join in, Debby. I’m sure you’d write a great story. 🙂

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1. dgkaye October 6, 2018 at 12:53 am
  
  Thanks for the vote of confidence Norah. I’ll be jumping in somewhere! 🙂
  
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  1. Norah Post authorOctober 8, 2018 at 3:54 pm
    
    I hope so, Debby. 🙂
    
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