{"id":3600,"date":"2016-07-27T02:30:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pissingon.eu\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2016-07-27T02:30:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:30:39","slug":"better-writing-initiative-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pissinger.eu\/?p=3600","title":{"rendered":"Better Writing Initiative: Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Better Writing Initiative is an exercise at improving writing techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Dialogue uses a picture as inspiration for a dialogue that might be happening between the characters.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;Do you think they&#8217;re seeing us?&#8221; Medea asked, staring at the window.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course not,&#8221; Micie answered. &#8220;They never look past a glass pane. They&#8217;re stupid like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The woman sighed. &#8220;Well, I guess it doesn&#8217;t matter,&#8221; she said. &#8220;As nervous as they are, they&#8217;ll see us long before we even get close.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s up with you?&#8221; The cat purred annoyedly. &#8220;Where&#8217;s your hunting spirit? Your taste for the thrill?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Medea sprawled lazily on the sofa, pursing her lips. &#8220;How many do you think it takes?&#8221; she asked, ignoring the cat&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Until you can fly?&#8221; Micie replied. &#8220;Well. I have it on good authority that it takes&#8230; hum&#8230; at least&#8230; thrice&#8230; five-ty. My aunt had told me, and she could fly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not even a number,&#8221; Medea replied, rolling around bored on the soft pillows. &#8220;And I&#8217;ve never seen your aunt fly either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unflinching, the cat hissed. &#8220;You don&#8217;t even KNOW my aunt,&#8221; she said, not letting her eyes off the window sill. &#8220;She could fly from the ground up to the rooftop in one fell swoop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jumping. It&#8217;s called jumping,&#8221; the woman groaned. &#8220;Anyone can do it. You can do it. Even I can do it, when I&#8217;m in cat-form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Micie did the closest gesture cats could do to shrugging: She shook her neck. &#8220;All I know is, she could fly. And it took her four five-two hundred. You don&#8217;t need to eat them all at once, though. Just in total.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The witch rolled her eyes, and then cast a last glance at the windows, where sparrows had gathered outside, chirping and pecking the time away. If only she could remember the spell that would turn her into bird-form, she wouldn&#8217;t have to argue with her damn cat about how many birds she needed to eat in order to fly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pissinger.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MICIE.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox[3600] attachment wp-att-2304\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2304\" src=\"http:\/\/pissinger.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MICIE.jpg\" alt=\"MICIE\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image is by Luca Rubbi and licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic License<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better Writing Initiative is an exercise at improving writing techniques. 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