slightcrazed
Really Really Experienced
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- Jan 5, 2014
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First off, I will admit to being a bit new to lit. That being said I am not new to writing; I've been doing it off and on for twenty some-odd years, at times more seriously than others. However, I've never tried to write a story that was totally devoid of dialog - but I'm thinking of trying that and I'm curious if anyone has ever written something like this and if they found it difficult or had any suggestions.
The story idea is this:
Two complete strangers sit next to each other in a movie theater and, over the course of the next few hours, go from a simple accidental brush of hands to intimately touching rubbing their new unknown friend. The thing is, in playing the situation out in my head, I think any attempt at talk during the build up would ruin the 'feel' of the story, and so I'm stuck (by choice) with no dialog.
I've done long stretches with no dialog before, but as a READER I tend to skim descriptive sections and key on dialog, so I'm really worried that, without a few double-quotes sprinkled around, the reader will not 'get' the story for what it is meant to be.
Any thoughts?
The story idea is this:
Two complete strangers sit next to each other in a movie theater and, over the course of the next few hours, go from a simple accidental brush of hands to intimately touching rubbing their new unknown friend. The thing is, in playing the situation out in my head, I think any attempt at talk during the build up would ruin the 'feel' of the story, and so I'm stuck (by choice) with no dialog.
I've done long stretches with no dialog before, but as a READER I tend to skim descriptive sections and key on dialog, so I'm really worried that, without a few double-quotes sprinkled around, the reader will not 'get' the story for what it is meant to be.
Any thoughts?