Snippets of Dialogue Without A Home

The Fourth of July is this week!

That means a 10K run, a parade, and a small break from my teaching and writing. As far as writing goes, I'm fired up for my latest project, which is in revision stages (I spent today altering a rather fun element of the novel). But a break always feels good.

I am still planning a YouTube channel, which will feature puzzles and ciphers and which will likely start in the fall. I'm already starting to develop content to use later, so that's a new and exciting adventure for me!

For today's blog post, I thought I'd share with you some of the random pieces of dialogue that pop into my head as I'm woolgathering. That's part of my process: I'll let my characters chatter in my head, and sometimes I hear words that don't belong to any of my known characters. I'll use those lines. Someday. Maybe.

Some of these potential pieces of dialogue belong to some of my existing characters (try to guess who said what!) and some of them are brand new. Some are more polished or interesting than others. But, anyway, here are the pieces of floating dialogue that I decided to save for a later day.


"Seriously, guys. With our skill sets, what future do we have outside of prison?"
"I always thought we'd work for the government."

(said in a mildly annoyed voice) "Can anyone tell me why I just woke up in the morgue?"

"What are the laws surrounding accidentally stealing a car? Can we just...put it back?"

"Getting shot sucks. One out of five stars."

"You kidnapped the prince."
"I didn't know it was him!"
"I don't think the king will care."
(Prince) "Actually, I don't mind---"
"Shh! This isn't your problem!"

"I AM THE PHANTOM OF THE GRIER HOUSE!"

"Such a warm welcome. I thought you said you'd dance on my grave."
"Well, turns out I don't know how to twerk."

"You play the piano."
"Don't know how."
"You just spent all day telling us what makes a piano player good!"
"That doesn't mean I am one!"

"Note to self: that is the wrong way to fly."

"If this works, I'll kill you. Because you'd clearly be a witch and not to be trusted."

"HAHAHA! Take that, you son of a horned troll, slime spitting, spider-faced gutless---" (swearing continues)

"We hate each other. Don't we?"
"Of course we do, darling. Intense loathing."


Thanks for reading. Have a great week!