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>I really like this.
>How do I write dialogue like this?
>What books do I read to get this slick?
>
If you listen and follow my example? I will put you on the path to doing dialog AND characters, in one fell swoop.
My male character (MC) I was doing good with. My first novel attempt. His dialog and descriptions was obviously a little self-insert. I can draw on myself for what I might say or do, were I him in his situation. But... I had trouble with female characters, and "banter" between side characters.
Example. The inane banter between two cops on a murder scene and the command center goes up around the body.
It wasn't working, at all.
I was given the answer, by a book store owner.
"Use character models"
"Huh?"
"Character... models. You base your character's choice of speech? Based on a real life person that you cn just close your eyes and you know what they would say and how they would say it."
Example. The two older uniform cops bantering before the investigators take over dialog? These two old men carping about this and that medical things at the truck stop? I knew them and used them as character models. Suddenly? My two cops were bantering about one has high blood pressure, and the wife makes them eat shit food. You never tell anyone WHO is the character model, you just use them and give them a new name. Now? Your dialog, actions, look, expressions? You "know" intimately, what this character will say and do, and how they say and do it.
This automatically gives your character those needed flaws, too.
I need a charming but smart-alack receptionist? I used a waitress at the same truck stop. She was short and rounded, but a cute face and dated better looking guys than she really should. Her bubbly personality carried her with her cute face. I put her in office clothes? She became the secretary.
Use character models? You will break through to character flaws and dialog that's believable.
You can thank me later, after you try several writing tests, and this starts to work.
