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I started to write down random dialogues between random normies i hear in bus, i want to later use it as skeletons for some short stories maybe bigger narrative. I am using single pen and paper but they talk too fast. How do you manage in similiar circumstances?

>> No.19008275

>>19008270
Learn longhand.

>> No.19008286

Based, I do the same. I don't write it all down, just the most important topics and the basic personality of the normies that I can gather from their talks. Loved doing this at university, fucking Covid ruined that.

>> No.19008515

>>19008270
Record their conversation

>> No.19009034

>>19008270
use a smartphone and autosuggestion, for me it's the fastest way to write anything

>> No.19009365

>>19008270
Dialogue isn’t supposed to even close be realistic in books. You aren’t writing a movie. Read Narcissus und Goldmund to see how good dialogue does not have to be realistic. Real conversations are fucking boring when you read them back anyway. Also read The Sunset Limited and then watch the movie, you will notice that even though the dialogue was fine when you read it, it comes off as stilted crap when it’s being played out. Also, have you ever watched a shakespeare play performance? Try comparing that to real conversation. Trying to base your dialogue off real conversation is the most retarded thing you could possibly do.

>> No.19009438

>>19008270
Listen and remember it and write it down later.

>> No.19009639

>>19008270
Buy a directional mic and just put it on your lap and point it towards the conversation

>> No.19009654

>>19009639
Also don’t get caught. Fucking weirdo spaz.

>> No.19009677

>>19009654
It's only weird if you make it weird. No one has a problem with documentary filmmakers filming things or street photographers taking pictures.

>> No.19009681

>>19008270
I write down general events and people too. Like the fat bitch I saw in the park yesterday that spent 5 minutes screaming at her dog to give the ball straight to her instead of getting up and taking the ball from the ground.

>> No.19010203

>>19008270
Learn shorthand or just summarize.

>> No.19010434

Dialogue in literature and film is very different from real life--many stops and starts, stutters, um's etc. It'd actually be unintelligible written out; tons of work goes into editing interviews before they're published.

You're right to listen for people's words though! But just try picking out one phrase or bit of body language and go from there. You can use facts for structure (what're they wearing, do they have jobs, etc.)