By So the second part of last week’s screenplay prompt was to add dialogue. I set the prompts up this way so that people could focus on the different elements without feeling completely overwhelmed by a new style of writing.
Again, this is a scene from my work-in-progress novel. There context missing but that because I don’t want to give too many spoilers. Happy reading!
Including Dialogue
Fade in from last scene
Setting: Mid-morning on a sunny early spring day. Two people, a tall muscular man with curly golden hair and eyes like the sea, is standing next to a petite woman with shoulder length dark brown hair and gray eyes that see too much. Both are dressed casually, jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes. They are in a rectangular courtyard of red brick with glass windows and doors for each studio front. The view of the sky is blocked by a canvas cover that lets in just enough sunlight. Each artist studio name is in black or white lettering across the door. The windows are left unobscured so that visitors can see the art or works-in-progress exhibited inside.
Paintings, sculptures, abstract art, and before the man and woman the studio is a blank space. White walls, a forgotten easel in a corner, empty hooks and wire hanging on the walls. A canvas waiting to be filled.
The woman bounces on her toes – maybe excitement, maybe nerves. A set of keys jingle in her hand, an uneven chiming in the quiet.
“Is this a good idea? I can keep working in the garage.”
The man smiles down at her, trying to figure out everything going through her head. He is not completely successful but is successful enough to try and figure out the right words.
“You don’t have to do this if you do not want to, but you also worked for this. You earned this. Besides, you have been complaining the whole time I’ve known you about how much you want to get out of the garage studio.”
She bites her lip. Still unsure.
“Besides, imagine how much taller I’d be if you had had more space. That would really make kissing you difficult.”
She smiles and rolls her eyes.
She lets out a long breath.
She steps forward to unlock the door.
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