Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Dialogue Introduction: I'm Hearing Voices


For Character introduction post in the I'm Hearing Voices blog hop, I decided to have Leni & Damien introduce themselves. I knew I was going to use these two as soon as I read the prompt. They are to fun to write dialogue for! Why might you ask? Well I'll let them show you.

The blog hop is hosted by two fabulous bloggers Angie at Live to Write, Edit When Necessary  and Cassie at Reading Writing and Loving It. So read my post, then go check out the others.


Leni and Damien, you have been summoned here. Please behave, and introduce one another:

Leni: "This is Damien he is a mercenary"
Damien: "Your supposed to be introducing me, and that's the best you can do? That's like me saying, this is Leni, she is an assassin."
Leni: "I am not an assassin"
Damien: "You kill people for money."
Leni: "No I don't"
Damien: "Yes you do."
Leni "Well then, why don't I have any money?"
Damien: "Just cause you don't get money from killing doesn't mean you don't kill for money."
Leni "Fine, I was an assassin."
Damien "Oh yes I forgot, you want to be an apple farmer now."
Leni: "No I don't."
Damien: "Well then, what do you want to do?"
Leni: "I don't know, I'm probably going to be dead after next weeks sacrifice anyway, so why does it matter."
Damien: "It doesn't, I was just pointing out the flaw in calling me a mercenary. You know, one day you're going to have to stop relying on being dead to not make plans."
Leni "Maybe, but I dont have to worry about that until after the sacrifice, and you do fight people for money."
Damien: "No, I did fight people for money, now I'm unemployed." (Now Damien is lying--he isn't unemployed he is working for Leni's enemy but she doesn't know it)
Leni: "Fine, I amend my introduction. This is Damien and he is an idiot."
Damien: "I'm the idiot? Your the one who goes running into trouble without thinking twice about it."
Leni: "I can take care of myself."
Damien: "Yes, I know. Thats why I've had to save you so many times."
Leni: "You save me? I wouldn't need saving if you didn't come behind me causing trouble in the first place."
Damien: "I think we need to change the subject."
Leni: "Fine."
Damien: "Dont you want to tell people how hansomly good looking I am?"
Leni: "Not particularly."

Okay, I'm over my word limit, so I'm gonna cut them off. I pulled Leni and Damien out of around about the middle of the story before Damien betrays her. They have been thrown together by Fitzroy who is trying to asses Leni's abilities, and keep her out of trouble. Damien is pretty happy go lucky, while Leni is a bit more stubborn and fatalistic. But hopefully you got that from their dialogue, and not me telling you about them. 

Do you have characters you like to write dialogue for?  

What do you think these two characters look like? I was curious what you guys would think since I didn't include any physical description. 

p.s. if you want more Leni and Damien go check out Pride and Dialogue 

p.p.s. Go check out other blogs in the hop! Here's the link again LINK

31 comments:

  1. Oh, there's a whole lot of stuff going on here. A whole lot of good stuff! I want to know what the sacrifice is all about. hmm...

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  2. I love the chemistry between these too. :) This is my dose of saucy characters for the day.

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  3. I love the "idiot" line. It really shows their chemistry.

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  4. Ha ha - it's great so far how the posts I've read today are all arguments and a bit squabbly. Great characters and superb ideas coming through there xxx

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  5. Well, any guy named Damien makes me think dark, mysterious, and of course, gorgeous. The girl? Not really sure.

    Nice job!

    ~JD

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  6. Oh my gosh I love this banter! Great job Sara!

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  7. Wow, great job! Now you've got me hooked... I want more of the story!

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  8. Makes me wonder if they actually like each other and just don't want to admit it. I don't have a particular image of Damien in my mind but I see Leni as a brunette with long straight hair. I'm probably waaaay off on the mark with that???

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  9. Ha!
    Leni: "I am not an assassin"
    Damien: "You kill people for money."
    Leni: "No I don't"
    Damien: "Yes you do."
    Leni "Well then, why don't I have any money?"
    Too funny!

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  10. I like how they bicker. I hope he doesn't betray her.

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  11. Good use of humor and bantering! Great job! :D

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  12. Very funny. That was a great introduction to the pair. :)

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  13. HA! This ROCKS! Fun banter and intriguing all at the same time. Love it!

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  14. Very cool! I loved this exchange, Damien is funny--apple farmer? LOL. Great job!

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  15. This was a very interesting exchange. I love your characters. They are real and charismatic. I love the banter.

    I am a new follower. I found you through this bloghop.

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  16. This was great Sara! I couldn't stop laughing after "then why don't I have any money?" So funny! Wonderful chemistry between these two :)

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  17. That was really fun banter to read. It's a shame Damien has to betray her, they sound like they've got great chemistry.

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  18. LOL Loved the idiot line and the ending. Too funny.

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  19. I love the 'reintroduction'. He's an idiot :) SO FUNNY!

    And...*new follower*! :)

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  20. Great chemistry between characters. You're story sounds so interesting.

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  21. I loved the dry humour in this. I felt it had a certain Neil Gaiman quality about the plot as well.

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  22. I enjoyed the banter between them. It's too bad he betrays her. I imagine her trying to stay out of the limelight. Dark hair, petite. I could be completely off.

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  23. Idiot lines are always funny! Great banter between the two.

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  24. I absolutely loved the part where Leni changed her introduction and called Daniel an idiot lol! There is a great chemistry between them, and I'd be really interested to see how this story plays out!

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  25. Nice job! The back and forth between them is great!

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  26. Love your characters. I just love it when they're full of whitty banter.

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  27. I LOVE the dynamic between them. This is excellent :)

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  28. Did I see that right, Leni is dead? I~ntersting.

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  29. I like this part:

    Damien: "You kill people for money."
    Leni: "No I don't"
    Damien: "Yes you do."
    Leni "Well then, why don't I have any money?"

    Clever. You asked what they might look like. Honestly, I have no idea. But I do think they're in their twenties and probably good looking because most make-believe people are. :)

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  30. I really enjoyed this and loved the chemistry between these two. Really entrigued to know more about these two.

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  31. I really enjoyed this dialogue! Nice job.

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