Pretend we’re at a party, sitting together talking quietly. Then you see someone you know and you want to tell me about that person. They can’t hear us. What will you tell me about that person?
Or: Imagine any two people having a conversation about a third person.
With this prompt, you can practice writing dialogue, revealing more about the conversants than the object of their discussion.
Remember what Ted A. Moreno said in yesterday’s quote, “Making a pronouncement, judgment or criticism about someone else reveals little about them, but reveals much about you.”
We’ll expand upon these characters with the next prompt on The Write Spot Blog.