Wanted: Your Daily Dialogue Suggestions!

Scott Myers

26 Jun 2016 • 2 min read

For 2,964 consecutive days, we have graced the online universe with an entertaining bit of business known as Daily Dialogue. Indeed, over 8 years ago when I conceived of this humble blog and the idea of posting something on a daily basis, this series was just about the first one to emerge from the primordial ooze of my brainstorming efforts.

How nice to start each day with a taste of movie moments featuring dialogue? Words to inspire. Learn about movie history. Reflect on the craft of dialogue-writing.

At first, it was just me drawing upon my reservoir of cinematic memories, but quickly the Go Into The Story community joined in with your suggestions, one of which quickly took root: What about a weekly theme?

So for several years, that’s what we’ve done. For example, here are some themes starting with the letter A:

As you can see, some are just general themes like Addiction or Arrest. Others are more specific to the craft of writing like Acceptance Speech or Action Hero Wisecracks. Over the years, we’ve explored hundreds of Daily Dialogue themes and I’d like to think we’re all the better for it in terms of upgrading our overall knowledge as writers and movie lovers, and had some fun along the way entertaining ourselves.

Well, it’s that time again where I solicit your suggestions for Daily Dialogue themes. To get an idea of previous examples, go here and check out this helpful index created by two GITS fans, Allie and Liz.

What themes spring into your mind? What subjects would you like to explore over the coming months in terms of writing dialogue? Remember there is both an entertaining and educational component to this series.

Also this: The theme needs to support at least 7 posts, one for each day of the week. “Norwegian Yak Farms”? That won’t work. “Argument”? That does work.

So if you’d take a few moments, think of a Daily Dialogue theme you think would make for a great weekly selection, and post that in Comments, I’d not only appreciate it, I’ll ‘honor’ your input by acknowledging your contribution every single day of the week your theme is used. Think of how famous that will make you!!!

Finally thanks to all of you who have participated in the Daily Dialogue series over the years. We are just about to hit the 3,000 consecutive day mark which, if you think about it, is a pretty damn remarkable achievement. As a reward for our collective efforts, here are some links for writing good dialogue:

5 Golden Rules for Writing Authentic Dialogue

7 Tips for Writing Dialogue

5 Tips on Writing Dialogue

8 Good Reasons to Use Dialogue [PDF download]

9 Easily Preventable Mistakes Writers Make with Dialogue

9 Rules for Writing Dialogue

Join the Daily Dialogue Devotees! Let’s hear your suggestions for weekly Daily Dialogue themes! Thanks and as always…

Onward!

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