First Line: Dialogue Exercise

Dialogue Exercise

Use this line of dialogue in a short story. The line can be at the start of the story, in the middle or at the end.

Here's the line of dialogue:

"Who would kill a swan?"

1 comment:

Man Price said...: "Who would kill a swan?" is what he meant to say. But it came out as "Bru woo rilla waa" because the stupid dog's mouth was so full of whatever he'd been chewing.; February 2, 2011 at 10:49 AM

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