Performing a Scene from a Novel

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<p>I use “Hills Like White Elephants” when I teach dialogue writing (fiction). If you need a more contemporary story with characters around the same ages, try “No One’s A Mystery” by Elizabeth Tallent. I found the full text online here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://faculty.weber.edu/jyoung/English%202500/Readings%20for%20English%202500/NoOnesaMystery.pdf[/url]”>http://faculty.weber.edu/jyoung/English%202500/Readings%20for%20English%202500/NoOnesaMystery.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>As a side note, dialogue in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) is crafted differently from dialogue in scripts. Maybe that is what your teacher is getting at? My daughter, who is a playwright, always lets me know that I have nothing useful to tell her about her play scripts (I am a prose writer.) :D</p>