Favorite Lines of Dialogue from your WIP?

@writerlexi1216 I love this!!! I actually have a whole doc full of quotes from my WIP! Let’s see…

I absolutely love this quote of Rina’s:

Cease looking at the storm around you, the water beneath you, the sky above you. Stay your course and focus solely upon the foundation of your faith, the path upon which you step, the hand that you know will always catch you, the eyes which will forever be brimming with love.

And then this one too:

But…only the manufacturer himself, only the potter, could achieve such. He could put the pieces back together in their original form, or he could make all things new. ‘Tis all up to the one who puts their self—or their teacup—into his capable hands.

Surprisingly, it’s the ex-pirate captain who does the most preaching. XD

This is how my heroine describes the hero, who was her friend when they were younger:

At times, he’s the most definable, vivid, and pragmatic sort of person, running as smoothly as the gears of a clock. Then others, he is a dark, distant, smoldering man with a depth far beyond his years. Sometimes, he has the attitude of a child—fantastical, whimsical, hopeful, creative. Dreaming. Then night falls along with his nightmares, and all else drifts away.

And then a not-dialogue quote:

There is always calm in Christ. No matter where it is that you go or what it is that you do. He will be glorified. He will watch over you. His will shall be done. In Him, there is peace.

And then there’s this one moment with Rina and her young son:

“I smile for Daddy.” Leaning forward, he hugged my neck and murmured softly into my ear, “But you cry.”

And there are a lot more, I’m sure! These are just a few of my favorites!

@gracie-j

Your quotes are soooooo beautiful. *starts crying* I wish mine were that good!

Also considering the fact that I write in first person, wouldn’t any of the writing be inner dialogue? Hehehehe *smirks*

So this is November describing how Ara looks after he finds her distraught in the Library-

   With her extremely pale skin and dull brown eyes, you almost wouldn’t be able to tell that this same girl was my best friend. Her hair is hanging loose, falling over her shoulders and in front of half her face. She quickly swats her hand across one eye, looking away from me.

So this is a side character named Cecily speaking, and the reason I like it is just because Cecily is someone I have no problem picturing/hearing in my mind and I love the image the first sentence sparks.

   “Not for long she isn’t,” a voice from behind makes me spin around. Cecily’s lean figure leans against the doorframe, her eyes glaring, but not at me, or Olive. She doesn’t seem upset with us, and, in fact, even walks toward me with a smile. “Because we know who’s behind all of this.”

@writerlexi1216

Aww, thanks, girl!!

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Mine is not insightful or deep. It just makes me laugh</p>

Laurel lies curled up in the corner of the couch. Her chest rises and falls in a hypnotic rhythm. A strand of curling hair lies across Nathaniel’s lap. He glances down. “We’ll all sleep in here. Girls can have the couch and chairs. Boys get the floor. Choi and I’ll take first watch. Nina and Em can go on and sleep.”

Flinn scoots between my legs and the glass table. “And I’ll be invisible and completely forgotten in any equation.”

 

@lewilliams Those are awesome! XD

@e-k-seaver Girl, everything Flinn says is quote-worthy. He is hilarious!

@devastate-lasting Thank you!

@writerlexi1216 Oh. Well, thank you!!! I never realized I was so good at dialogue–I’ve always bemoaned my lack of skill, actually! I’d love to give you some tips (after I figure out how I pulled that off… XD)

@godlyfantasy12 THANK YOU!! I didn’t realize those quotes were so good!!! Yours are fantastic too! (Cecily sounds awesome.)

@joy-caroline Girl, yours are SO BEAUTIFUL! I could just cry!!! Thank you!!

@gracie-j

Thanks! 😀