tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631349031191648319.post8719836573336361280..comments2023-06-04T10:15:03.824+01:00Comments on 500 Words: With Apologies To Anton Chekhov, Master Of The Open Ended Short Storydivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12938980502783421961noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631349031191648319.post-40756410777775677732010-03-06T14:21:19.223+00:002010-03-06T14:21:19.223+00:00Mme: Not just French films; just about every Japan...Mme: Not just French films; just about every Japanese movie I've watched has no ending whatsoever.<br />Strange.<br /><br />'Denouément' is one of my favourites, too.<br /><br />And as for dialogue, you should give it a try. When I first started the 500 Words stories I dare not write any as I had no idea how. I think one of my early stories had a single 'spoken' line in it. But then it just comes naturally. It's fun, too: putting words into peoples' mouths. Hee hee.divehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12938980502783421961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631349031191648319.post-32660577205375846252010-03-06T02:03:32.570+00:002010-03-06T02:03:32.570+00:00Ah Dive dear, so many French films are like that -...Ah Dive dear, so many French films are like that - have no ending whatsoever. I like the word "denouément".<br /><br />Of course, the gun had probably already been fired in No. 23.<br /><br />You are very good at dialogue too. I can never write dialogue, I have no insight whatsoever into what a person might be thinking or about to say - I think it's some kind of take on Asperger's Syndrome!MmeBenauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365277537757094040noreply@blogger.com