"Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted."
~Jules Renard
Okay, so who else aside from me has a particular dislike for being interrupted while speaking?
Probably most people, right? It's frustrating--particularly when you're saying something really cool and interesting. A moment when one's sentences are well-crafted and not awkwardly worded in the slightest (which, for some of us, doesn't happen every day) . . . but then someone--the listener or a conversation-hijacker--interrupts to say their own thing. Less interesting, but nevertheless attention is pulled to it, and the awesome moment is ruined.
That. Stinks.
And it's such a fantastic thing that we get to avoid it when writing. Alone, with total (well, most) control over what comes out on the paper/screen, no one can cut us off mid-sentence and squander the awesome dialogue. We can say the fabulous things we want to say and have it complete its course (and then proceed to alter it almost completely in the editing process, but that's another topic).
Isn't it great to write uninterrupted? Does your story have at least one scene where an interruption would spoil something important?
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