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A short story I'm writing involves a stage in which the male protagonist talks to a stranger with the intent of asking them to do a favor for his friend. I want them to start having strong feelings...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T12:29:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/46749 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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tawsonfield
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2019-12-08T12:29:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
A short story I'm writing involves a stage in which the male protagonist talks to a stranger with the intent of asking them to do a favor for his friend. I want them to start having strong feelings for each other in the course of their conversation. The challenge is that I don't want the reader to scoff at an unrealistic progression of what's supposed to be a stiff encounter. Going into the conversation, both characters shouldn't foresee that such possibility would occur. Are there certain dialogue tropes or general pointers to help me build a deep, believable first-time exchange?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-07-19T17:48:08Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 6