WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a difficult conversation between two characters without using any dialogue tags.
Dialogue tags describe the speech - 'he whispered', 'she murmered', 'they said' etc. Removing these indicators will encourage you to make the dialogue speak for itself, instead of relying on tags to describe and clarify the intent behind the words.
Memory
“How could you?”
“What?”
“You know what. How could you have done that to me? To my _son_?”
“I didn’t do anything.”
“Oh sure. You didn’t do anything at all because you’re a saint of course.”
“I am.”
“No you’re not! You killed him! You murdered him in cold blood without any thought!”
“Again, I didn’t do anything.”
“Oh my god, what’s wrong with you? I saw you murder him with my own two eyes, you were right there!”
“Calm down, I didn’t do anything.”
“Get your hands off me, you- you killer!”
“Mother-”
“What? I am not your mother.”
“Yes… yes you are. I’m your son.”
“No. No, my son is dead. _You_ murdered him.”
“Mom, _I’m_ your son. It’s getting to you again.”
“What’s getting to me again?”
“The-”
“Who are you? What are you doing in my room? Where’s my son? WHERE’S MY SON?”
“I can’t do this anymore. Goodbye mother.”
