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F&B please and thank you!
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F Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
To date, I think my favorite dialogue remainds this banter between Katniss and Peeta in A House United:
“How old are you?” I blurt out. Even I’m surprised by the question when it escapes my lips. Peeta just looks over at me, his expression unchanging. “Thirty-seven,” he says simply. My eyes widen. Thirty-seven? I never... of course, it’s not unheard of for there to be age differences, and some girls marry men even older. But thirty-seven? I never would have thought... “Winters are cold in Nebraska,” the corners of his mouth twitch up. “It preserves your skin really well. Makes you look young for ages.” At last, my mouth, which I hadn’t been aware had fallen open, closes, and I nod slowly. “I see. So you’re thirty-seven?” Peeta tries to nod, but then he bursts out laughing. “I’m not thirty-seven, Katniss!” he says, his blue eyes sparkling. “Not even close.” “You’re not?” I let out my breath in relief. “No,” he confirms. “But you should have seen your face. I’ve never seen you trying to not look so horrified.”
Peeta giving Katniss a hard time remains my favorite, and I don’t think I do it enough. Banter is amazing. More of this, please! (She requests of herself.) I need to write something that’s basically all just Peeta teasing Katniss.
B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
Cosa Nostra comes closest, since it was inspired by the fact that I live in Las Vegas, and some of my own experience working on the Strip. The stealth date that Peeta springs on Katniss where they’re gambling on the casino floor actually happened to me, right down to the “may the odds be ever in your favor!” quip that they share.
