DIALOGUE WRITING
"Huwag mo akong mahalin
dahil mahal kita. Mahalin mo
ako dahil mahal mo ako
because that is what I deserve."
- Mia (Kathryn Bernardo),
Barcelona: A Love Untold
Ang pera natin hindi basta
basta mauubos! Pero ang
pasensya ko, konting konti
na lang!”
- Angelica Panganiban
One More Try
“Eh, ano kung bulag ka,
ako naman ang
magsisilbing mata mo
eh.”
– Tonyo Kita Kita
You’re nothing, but a
second-rate trying
hard copycat!"
- Bituing Walang Ningning
Cherry Gil
“She loved me at my worst.
You had me at my best,
but binalewala mo lang
ang lahat… And you chose
to break my heart.”
-John Lloyd Cruz, One More
Chance (2007)
Walang himala! Ang himala ay
nasa puso ng tao, nasa puso
nating lahat! Tayo ang
gumagawa ng himala, tayo ang
gumagawa ng mga sumpa at ng
mga Diyos, walang himala!"
- Nora Aunor in Himala
- There was never an us.
There will never be an us.
Kaya please, 'wag mo na
ako landiin."
- Sarah Geronimo in Maybe
This Time (2014)
Para sa 'kin kung mahal mo, habulin
mo. Dapat ipaglaban mo, 'wag mo
hintayin na may magtulak sa kanya
pabalik sa 'yo. Hilahin mo. Hangga't
kaya mo 'wag kang susuko, 'wag
kang bibitaw.
- Angelica Panganiban in That
Thing Called Tadhana (2014)
- Adik ka na naman sa
pag-asa eh. Try mo na
kaya lumaklak ng
realidad!”
Beauty Gonzalez,
Starting Over Again (2014)
DIALOGUE- is the most
significant part of a play. The
action of the play moves
because of the dialogue. It
also reveals the character’s
motivations and intentions, his
aspirations and frustrations.
PONTERS to Consider in Writing
Dialogues
[Link] should not talk
perfectly. People do not speak
in perfect English or Tagalog.
PONTERS to Consider in Writing
Dialogues
2. Characters should not use
clichés. The saying honesty is
the best policy is commonly
used which makes dialogue
sound dull and meaningless.
3. Characters should not
overuse character names. In
real life, people do not address
one another by always
mentioning their names
because it sounds silly and
interesting.
4. Characters should not
speechify. Avoid having
characters deliver lengthy
lines without interruption. In real
life, people usually talk
alternately in a communication
exchange.
5. Keep the theme out of the
dialogue. The theme of the play
should be naturally conveyed to
the audience through the series
of events happening in the play
and not through the dialogues
of the characters.
PERFORMANCE TASK: From the list below, choose two
characters, a setting, a situation, and then develop a scene
then composed a dialogue for the characters. Do this on a
short bond paper.
Characters
1. A student failing in many subject
2. An old woman who is in love with man in his twenties
3. A man who doesn’t love God
4. A rebellious teenager
5. An alien disguised as a human being
6. A bored store manager
7. A handsome man who wants to be an actor
b. Setting
1. at the train station like the LRT or MRT
2. outside a church on a Sunday morning
3. in a crowded mall
4. in a park on a rainy day
5. inside a taxi/cab
6. in a posh restaurant
7. in a sports arena where people
are screaming for their favorite team
c. Situations
1. Character A discovered Character B’s deep
secret
2. The two characters see each other after many
years
3. Character A tells Character B that someone
wants to kill him/her
4. Character A discovers that Character B has
been lying for a long time
