F. Favorite Dialogue exchange and why
“Adam?” Jade began uncertainly. “What’s going on?”
Adam appeared to steady himself but did not turn to face the man standing behind him. “I’m leaving.”
“Leaving?” Jade parroted, trying to wrap his head around the scene before him. To make sense if it. Leaving, why?
“It’s not working, Jade,” Adam answered simply, continuing to sort through his clothing. “I can’t do this anymore.”
“What?” Jade floundered. None of this was making any sense. He stated such as he moved farther into the room.
Adam turned at this, his face a cold, stony indifference. So far from the warm, caring man Jade loved. “We’re over Jade. We tried it and it didn’t work.”
“But it was working!” Jade shouted, surprising himself. He took a deep breath, trying to lessen the hysterical note to his voice. “It was working, Adam. I don’t understand.” The words tumbled from his mouth, clumsy and awkward. “Please Adam. Let’s talk about this.”
“No.” The finality of Adam’s tone startled Jade into silence. He didn’t understand. This didn’t make any sense. He watched in stunned horror as Adam removed pieces of himself from the place that had shared for years. This couldn’t be happening.
This is from a completely different fandom but is from one of my favorite pieces I’ve written. I love the simplicity on both of their parts; Jade’s complete disbelief and confusion and Adam’s disinterest. It’s such a complex emotional scene and I feel like I captured both of them perfectly in just a few lines of dialogue.
W. Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?
It honestly depends on my mood. Sometimes it’s lovely to have specific points and such laid out for me and other times I like to take a prompt and be able to run wild with it.
