Dialogue, dialogue... some struggle with it, some excel with it. So this week, see what you can do with dialogue. Try writing a story that has nothing but dialogue to explain the situation. It's good practice to get you thinking of what people would say. Make it realistic and fun, or whatever you would like.
So how about a quick lesson on dialogue? When some one is speaking put "quotations" or 'single apostraphies' on either side of what they are saying (depending on your country, region, blah, blah, etc). Include an exclamation mark (!), a question mark (?), or period (.) inside of them, not outside--I would think this was obvious for writers. If you're a writer, you're most likely a reader and therefore should study the books you read and the way they write.
Anyway, that's all I've got today. So have some fun with dialogue, don't be a hypocrite, and read!
Here's a powerpoint I used to teach a Creative Writing class of 7th and 8th graders. Good fun.
-Anevay
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