Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Death

This week’s theme — Culture Class suggested by Debbie Moon — has been an interesting choice and thanks for all your recommendations. Now it’s time to think about next week’s theme: Death suggested by SandbaggerOne:

“Chess, anyone?”

Obviously we could find literally thousands of examples as death permeates movies. Let’s see if we can look for truly memorable dialogue associated with compelling moments. And what can we learn from them about writing death scenes?

The usual drill:

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

* Copy/paste the URL of an accompanying video from MovieClips or YouTube.

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 the lineup for upcoming Daily Dialogue themes:

April 8-April 14: Action hero wisecracks [Shaula Evans]

April 15-April 21: Fan boy/girl conversations [plinytheelder]

April 22-April 28: Making a scene [Trent Carroll]

April 29-May 5: “I’m not who you think I am” [Mark Twain]

May 6-May 12: Profanity free insults [Mark Walker]

May 13-May 19: Recounting a legend [alexmatu]

May 20-May 26: Original composition: Song/Poem [churnage]

May 27-June 2: Sex scenes [Dean Scott]

June 3-June 9: Witty banter [stoneinthesling]

June 10-June 16: All is lost [Turambar]

June 17-June 23: Dinner scene [Liri Nàvon]

June 24-June 30: Interrogations [Def Earz]

July 1-July 7: Profanity [JasperLamarCrab]

July 8-July 14: Begging for one’s life [Despina]

See you in comments for your suggestions featuring death!

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