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Write a story told exclusively through dialogue.

Posted in Dialogue on Oct 26, 2022

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The All-Shtar

Submitted to Contest #76

“Sally was perfect, and shince she was perfect, she couldn’t be anything lesh.” “You’re over-correcting Toby. Remember, go slowly. You get the shh sound by bringing your tongue back and the ss sound by bringing it forward. Let’s try the sentence one more time.” “Okay, Sally was perfect and… since… she was perfect, she couldn’t be anything less. Better?” “Much better. So, now that the exercises are done, let’s just talk and I’ll see what else we can work on before we finish for the day.” “Shure-sure, what is new with you?” “Well, my sist...

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Love life of my mom

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Derek - Mom, this is serious. Did you really got the life partner you always wanted. Janice Derek's mom couldn't help but smile at her teenager son. Janice- Why are you asking this, suddendly out of nowhere? Derek-I am scared. Actually there is someone I like... Janice let out a small giggle. Janice- So that's the matter. I thought you doubted your parent's marriage. Well for your question I didn't get the life partner of my dreams. Derek- what! and I thought you guys loved each other. Janice- (laughing) You thought correctly my son. I never...

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The Briefcase

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The Briefcase “Hey, what’s up? Whatcha doing?” “What do you mean, ‘whatcha doing’? Duh, I’m sitting at my computer typing. What do you think I’m doing? I’m trying to write a story.” “A story? A story about what?” “A story for a contest. It’s supposed to be a story that’s just dialogue between two people.” “Oh, you mean like two people like us having a conversation?” “No, I don’t think anyone would want to read a story on our discussions. It’s a story about when I met Tom at the airport for a latte the last time I was out of town.” ...

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Unfriendly Past

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"I met Kyle when I was in 6th grade, and our friendship was the stuff of movies. He was pretty much the cutest boy I’d ever seen, and I couldn’t believe he would want to be friends with me. I had a crush on him the first few years of our friendship, but we agreed we’d work better as friends. When we got to high school, we got even closer. Kyle was basically my only friend while I buried myself in books trying to get good enough grades to get myself out of the South. He was my way of staying semi-relevant in high school. Everyone loved him, a...

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Evil can change, dead cannot

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1953 “Grandpa, what is this?” “Grandson, that thing there’s called a sapphire. It’s our most prized possession. I won it.” “How?” “Grandson, that’s a long story.” “I’ve got time.” “Okay. The year was 1890, and I had just graduated from college. I was dirt poor. My parents had passed away a few months back, and for some far-off reason all I got from their will was a red and white quilt, a white horse named Victoria, a fast, obedient one, and a gray cat named Shelley who had six toes on her front paws. I lived out in New Mexico, a few miles we...

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Never Compromise On The French Fries

Submitted to Contest #76

Hello, welcome to Burger King. I can take your order whenever you’re ready… Hi. I want a combo number five with extra bacon. What kind of drink with that? Doctor Pepper. Sorry, sir, but we're out of Doctor Pepper. Okay, Root Beer is fine. Sorry sir, no Root Beer either. Mmm...ok, then just give me a Sprite. Very sorry, but we're out of that too. Then what do you have? Just ice.  “...” Um, sir? Hello? If you have ice, then please give me a large Frappe. Oh, I'm so sorry, our store stops serving that at eleven o'clock. I see. Then just a ...

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When the YouTube Haircut Video Radicalized Poor Phil

Submitted to Contest #76

“The most important thing is not to be afraid.  Are you afraid, Phil?" “A little.” “It's okay to be afraid. Cutting your own hair can be very intimidating.” “Yeah.” “But not nearly as intimidating as knowing that the government tries to oppress our liberties every single day, right?” “What?” “What?” “Did you say something about the government?” “Of course not!  We’re just talking about hair. I was just giving you an example. I’m a YouTube video. I can’t even hear you right now. Did you ask me a question a second ago...

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Soap Opera

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“There you are.I've been waiting for ages. But I knew that sooner or later you would come to do the MSN Solitaire Collection, because there’s just enough time for you to finish the five games before the episode begins... That is one of the good things about being able to watch television on your laptop, and having a smart television, so you can hop back and forth between the two, according to whether or not you are alone in the house.Am I not the clever one? I knew that you would notice the new icon, and that you’d click on it to s...

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So what time do you think this is, young man?

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“So what time do you think this is young man?” “I strongly believe that it is one o’clock, old man. That’s what the clock on the wall tells me, although it doesn’t speak out loud.  And I have found it to be pretty reliable in the past, so I will trust it now.” “So you come home late, and your mouth is filled with sarcasm, eh boy.” “No, I left a lot of my sarcasm at the party, old man. I didn’t know that I would be needing so much when I got home. Otherwise I would have kept quiet when I was there.” “I think that you have an in...

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'Move on': Who are we without our memories?

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Memories are our brains memory card. Most of us, don't know how information gets stored there. We have data on there that we wished we could erase. Few of us wake up one day and realize our data is gone. Who are we? that's the real question. Who are we without those memories?The door opened to a beautiful creature with bright eyes."Beix?" asked the creature with shabby brown curls. Beix smiled. "Doko."Doko moved aside to let the creature fly in. "I didn't think you were going to make it.""I didn't think so too. You know how work gets......

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Me To Myself

Submitted to Contest #76

“What was that dream?” “…” “…” “Daylight behind my eyelids. I have to get up.” “I don’t want to open my eyes.” “I have to.” “I can’t move.” “I have to get up.” “I can’t. It’s cold out there, and it hurts, and I can’t move.” “…” “…” “… The dream is leaving. Yesterday is catching up.” “No. No thinking. I can catch the tail of the dream if I sink back in.” “Too late.” “…” “…” “No!” “I remember the dream.” “No, no, no, I’ve lost it, it’s gone, I can’t pick up where it left off—” “I have to get up. I have to move.” “— and I can’t see her. Th...

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Robert, Take Off Your Headphones!

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“Knock-knock! Robert, what are you doing? Can I come in? . . . Sorry, my fault. I should have knocked and waited. I need to come in and change your bedsheets, ok?"“Mm, K.”“My god! Child open the curtains. It’s like living with a vampire! It’s three in the afternoon. Have you even been to the bathroom yet today? You’ll get a urinary tract infection, look at what happened to your uncle Tony. Remember Uncle Tony?”"Uh-huh."“The doctors said it made him go blind. I know, can you believe it? He never went to the toilet. Used to store it all up lik...

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The Skylight

Submitted to Contest #76

"I haven't done anything please let me go, let me go. Don't hurt me, please. Aaaa...Leave me, Irtiza. I don't want to stay a single moment with you. Don't kill me please I'm sorry!", cried Azula. "Fuck you! Just shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Stop barking, Azula, my dear. I'm not hurting you, I'm just writing my name on your..." "Ah...", screamed Eshaan. "Hey bro! Are you okay? What's the matter? What did you dream about?" asked Sarfaraz. "They are not dreams but the dark moments of my past, I cannot get over them, those moments are now hau...

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Separation

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“So… it’s over? Just like that. Everything we’ve gone through… this is it?” “Come on, Janice. Don’t make this harder than it needs to be!” “What does that even mean? Why are you acting like this isn’t a big deal? I dedicated three years of my life to this – and this is how it’s supposed to end? Tell me how I’m supposed to take it easier, Jeff – please explain to me how I can pretend like this is not a huge fuc-” “Calm down before you say something you’ll regret. And keep your voice down. Jesus.” “Okay. Okay. Okay… what do we do now?” “Well, ...

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PROCRASTINATION;A THIEF OF LIFE

Submitted to Contest #76

Hi. Hey yourself. How are you doing? Great. You? I’m doing fine if you don’t count the fact that I almost got myself fired today. Wow. I didn’t know that the owner of a company could fire herself. I didn’t myself until it happened. _________________________________ Why are you staring at me that way? Come on, don’t keep me in the dark. What happened today? Have you heard this phrase before,” procrastination is a thief of time”? Sure. Who hasn’t? When did you hear it? Babe, this one you are asking me weird questions, is all well? Wrong reply....

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