Today’s exercise for fiction writers is on writing dialogue.

Scene:

Your character has bought a pair of shoes
at a large department store.  When she/he gets them home and takes them out
of the box, she/he notices that one of them is a slightly marked.  As
she/he paid full price for the shoes this is obviously not acceptable and so
she/he returns them to the store.

Exercise:

Write the dialogue your character has with
the store employee.  Will your character demand a refund, or a
discount?  With he/she stand her ground, or will she accept whatever flimsy
explanation the store employee gives about store policy and checking goods
before you leave the store?  Does your character know the law enough to
insist, or is he/she too timid to fight for his/her rights?  How well do
you know your character?  Think about your character and then place
yourself in the role of the store employee and have your character tell you what
to write for their response.

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