Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Grief

The Daily Dialogue theme next week: Grief.

“Is that my daughter in there? Is that my daughter in there?”

A moment of grief. Tough scenes to write. They can be pitched at a high decibel level like the one above in Mystic River. Or they can be quiet, unspoken sorrow filling the room as below in the movie Up:

In your writing career, you will almost certainly have to write scenes in which characters express grief. Let’s pull together seven notable scenes next week that explore a variety of these type of reactions to help inspire our own writing.

The usual drill:

* Copy/paste dialogue from IMDB Quotes or some other transcript source.

* Copy/paste the URL of an accompanying video from YouTube or some other video source.

I’d also ask you to think about why the dialogue is notable. Is there anything about the dialogue which provides some takeaway re screenwriting?

Here is our lineup for upcoming Daily Dialogue themes:

August 11-August 17: Voice-Over Narration

August 18-August 24: Smack Talk

August 25-August 31: Delivering Bad News

Check this out: The GITS Daily Dialogue Topic Index! You can read about Liz and Allie, two sisters who are big fans of the blog, and were inspired to create the index. A great resource for writers looking for inspiration for their own dialogue writing. You can be a part of this proud tradition with your ideas for weekly themes and Daily Dialogue suggestions.

Please post your ideas for this week’s theme — Teaching — in comments. Thanks!

If you have any ideas for Daily Dialogue themes, feel free to post as well.

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