Write amazing dialogue with random writing prompts
You never know what will unleash the storm - but when something does, your imagination just takes over. An early Venetian painting of the Whore of Babylon sent a voice running in Paul Johnson’s head, and he just had to keep up for 10 minutes as it flooded onto the paper.
Almost certainly you wouldn’t use every word of a piece like this in your finished work, but what an amazing trove of material to pick from! You can’t make this kind of thing up - not with your rational intention, anyway.
If you’d like to explore using random prompts to generate amazing dialogue, join us any Saturday for our Prompt of the Week gathering; the Zoom link is on our homepage: click here.
I say i say i say whoa mule! Dag nabbed seven-headed guard dog. Ugh… and i feel like my tongue is a mile long. Does this thing actually have seven heads, or am i just seeing double? double double. double double doubled. Ah heck, i lost count. Feel like i’m seventeen. What the heck did i drink? Whatever it is, it’s gone. drained dry. I drank it all. Whoa mule! or whatever you are… devil-toed critter with a small tail. Stop it; i aint no gumpy grumpy old lady wondering where her father is. I’m seventeeeeeeen! Actually, my name is Ginger, not to be confused with my mythical mother-in-law, Henry’s wife, with whom the Pope shared her drugs, or so she says or said or is saying. Is your mouth moving or are my ears just waggling? What what was was in this in this goblet thingy thing? Whoa whoa, i don’t feel so good no more. Mule, i want a refund to this party invitation. Are you taking me home, or am i lost by design? Praise be, it would be a cardinal sin if i actually turned out to be a wise woman and this the chalice of knowledge and I knew what just happened. Did i say sin? i meant something darker. No, lighter. No, just… Ah, crap. i was precariously perched. I’ve fallen and can’t get up. When’s the roundup? Aren’t they being sued for something? Waiter! Another round! My tonunge could stand to be thinkier thicker—good grief i can’t type today. An oracular ark of words i yam—not a yam, just a human. Or i was. Or maybe I'm just a pool player. Where’s my cue? What's my cue? Hey, I’m ready for my close-up!
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