সংলাপ লেখার জন্য 9 টি উপায়

“The king died and then the queen died,” is a story. “The king died, and then the queen died of grief,” is a plot.

The queen died, no one knew why, until it was discovered that it was through grief at the death of the king.” This is a plot with a mystery in it.

The only other thing to say about this chain of events is that each one, broadly speaking, should be a little “bigger” than the event before. For example…

If a soldier’s first goal is to take out the guard patrolling the perimeter fence, his next goal should be to take out the machine gun post by the entrance.

If a criminal gang’s first job is to rob a small town bank of a few thousand dollars, make their next job to rob the city bank of millions.

And if the first confrontation between two characters is an argument, their next meeting should result in a fight.

There are five critical elements in there. Let’s look at them one by one…

i) The character must have a goal

ii) The goal of the plot must be urgent জরুরী

iii) The goal must be important.

iv) The goal must be difficult to achieve.

v) The goal must be concrete জমাটবদ্ধ.

You can have a happy ending (the hero succeeded). You can have a sad ending (the hero failed). Or you can go for something in the middle (the hero failed, but he became wiser along the way and realized that it wasn’t such a smart goal to chase in the first place).

if you have different goals, you have different plots…

The hero’s goal in the main plot is to successfully rob the casino.

His goal in the subplot is to save his marriage.

The accomplice’s subplot revolves around the casino robbery. But whereas the hero’s goal is to get rich, the accomplice’s goal is to exact revenge on the casino manager, who was responsible for the death of his best friend.

Always try to create a well-balanced cast of characters. What does that mean? Don’t make your characters too alike…

If one is cultured, make another a huge fan of fast food and trashy TV.

If one is loud and flamboyant, make another cool and laconic.

If one is a joker, make another serious.

The First Rule of Creating Fictional Characters:

1. Make the Characters Charismatic

There simply has to be something about them.

They have to be the kind of people whose presence electrifies a room, the kind of people you can’t take your eyes off. If a fictional character can walk into a room unnoticed, readers probably won’t take much notice of them, either.

2. Make the Characters Likeable

. The question is, what qualities separate the nice from the not-so-nice?

Kindness? Generosity? Selflessness? Yes, all of these things – plus probably a thousand other traits.

Readers tend to love fictional characters who…

1) Are dependable নির্ভরযোগ্য Are modest বিনয়ী

2) Keep their promises  তাদের প্রতিশ্রুতি রাখুন ।

3) Play fair. (Not that they won’t break the rules, but they will have a strong moral code to keep them from crossing the line.)

4) Don’t see themselves as being better than others.

5) Help others for no personal gain.

6) Have a sense of humor 6) হাস্যরস একটি অনুভূতি আছে। Are courageous সাহসী (Not that they won’t show fear – in fact, it’s better if they do – but they must always overcome it.)

7) Are willing to make sacrifices বলি for the wider good.

8) Have goals we can sympathize with.

9) Tell the truth.

10) Are level-headed.

11) Are smart – more in a street wise, common-sensical way than an intellectual one.

12) Are even-tempered.

13) Are kind and generous and compassionate to others. দয়ালু ও উদার এবং সহানুভূতিশীল

14) Are the victims ক্ষতিগ্রস্তদের of an injustice অবিচার

15) 14)

16) Are uncomplaining ক্ষান্ত Are volunteers – that is, they are willing to put themselves forward to do whatever needs to be done without being press-ganged into action.

17) Are cool under pressure.

Readers tend to dislike fictional characters who…

1) Cannot be relied নির্ভরশীল upon.

2) Are immodest নির্লজ্জ braggers অহংকার করা ।

3) Break promises and let people down মানুষ নিচে না – and don’t care that they do.

4) Play dirty মলিন (Not only do they break the rules, they break the “unbreakable অলঙ্ঘনীয় " rules.)

5) Are ugly or deformed. কুৎসিত বা বিকৃত। (Movie villains often have scars ক্ষত or a bad complexion রুপ)

6) Think of themselves as superior উচ্চতর to others.

7) Are self-serving ধান্দাবাজ.

8) Are humorless কৌতুকরসবোধ

9) Are ultimately পরিণামে cowards কাপুরুষদের

10) Are selfish, only out for what they can get for themselves.

11) Have goals and dreams and ambitions উচ্চাভিলাষ which don’t strike ধর্মঘট us as worthy সুযোগ্য .

12) Tell lies.

13) Are insane উন্মাদ – a little or a lot.

14) Are overly intellectual বুদ্ধিজীবী

15) Are inconsistent অসঙ্গত in their behavior and suffer from mood swings.

16) Are bullies দুর্বলের উত্পীড়ক,নিগ্রহ ,even sadists.

17) Are responsible দায়ী for injustices against others.

18) Whine ঘেনঘেন and complain about their own problems.

19) Never volunteer স্বেচ্ছাসেবক but have to be drafted ড্রাফট.

20) Panic আতঙ্ক under pressure.

(I don’t claim that this list – nor the previous one – is exhaustive, but the points should give you a good idea of the sorts of traits to look out for when creating an heroic, or a villainous, character of your own.)

 Want to know the most important thing about writing dialogue in fiction? If it sounds like a conversation you’d hear in the real world, you’ve gone horribly wrong somewhere.

 As a matter of fact, it’s a good idea to think of your novel as not having heroes and villains at all, but rather characters with opposing goals, each of whom is right in his or her own mind.

 3. Make the Characters Interesting

But also make him a roulette expert who is planning to cheat the casino out of millions with the help of a 19-year-old pole dancer called Kandy and the readers will sit up and take notice!

As with all of these character traits I am discussing, the specific qualities which make a character interesting – or charismatic, likeable, whatever – are ones you will have to decide upon for yourselves.

But here are some of the things that would make a fictional character interesting to me…

 The job they do – a spy, perhaps, or someone who quit the rat race to farm Alpacas, or a tightrope walker with vertigo.

 The places they have been and the sights they have seen – the more exotic বহিরাগত and unusual, the better.

 Their skills and talents – playing the harpsichord বাদ্যযন্ত্রবিশেষ, perhaps সম্ভবত, or the ability to perform magic or to walk on fire.

Your list would probably look very different, but if the things you use to make fictional characters interesting are interesting to you, you will be able to write about them with enough passion to interest the people who count: the readers.

4. Make the Characters Both Ordinary and Extraordinary

The ideal fictional character, then, will be both…

 Familiar… and unfamiliar.

 Just like us… and not like us at all.

 Ordinary… and extraordinary.

In short, creating fictional characters is a kind of balancing act…

It is a character’s ordinariness that will make the novel’s readers warm to them initially. And it is whatever is extraordinary about them that will prick the audience’s curiosity and make them want to stick around for more.

Now for “realistic” fictional characters…

Realistic characters in fiction are just like us. We can recognize ourselves in them, and we therefore find them easy to like. We can imagine them living next door to us, inviting us round for a beer. Here are some examples…

Lieutenant Columbo.

Doctor Watson (compared to the romantic Sherlock Holmes).

George Smiley.

• Bad novels provide entertainment or understanding. But only good novels provide both.

Generally speaking, characters from genre fiction tend to be essentially romantic, while characters in literary novels tend to be essentially realistic. Although as we have just seen with Colombo, this is only a rule of thumb and is frequently not the case.

Depending on the decision you make, you then have to do one of two things…

 If you have created a romantic character, you need to decide what is ordinary about them.

 If you have created a realistic character, you need to decide what is extraordinary about them.

5. Make the Characters Well-Motivated

6. Make the Characters Dynamic.

7. Make the Characters Good At What They Do.

8. Make the Characters A Little Unhappy

The next time you’re on a crowded bus or sitting by yourself in a bustling restaurant, just listen to the two people closest to you talking. You’ll hear them…

speak over each other

say “um” and “er” a lot

jump from one topic to another with no warning.

All of which is fine in the real world, but hopeless for novel writing.

Writing dialogue isn’t about replicating a real-life conversation. It’s about giving an impression of it. And, yes, improving on it.

If fiction is like real life with the dull bits taken out, exactly the same thing applies to fictional conversations. The role of the writer is to select what is important and then distil it down to its very essence.

The rules below will help you to write realistic dialogue that keeps your readers gripped – and definitely no dull bits!

1. Dialogue Must Be In Conflict

It’s obvious, really. Just as a description of two young lovers spending a perfect day out at the zoo doesn’t constitute a plot (not unless the girl falls in the lion enclosure!)… so two people chatting about nothing much at all (and not disagreeing with each other, either) doesn’t constitute dialogue.

Pleasant conversations are great in real life. Even if nothing especially interesting gets said, who doesn’t like chewing the fat with a neighbor over the fence or a friend over coffee?

Listening in on those conversations, as a third party, would be about as exciting as watching laundry dry. So make sure you don’t subject your readers to tedious, yawn-inducing dialogue in your novel.

How do you ramp up the excitement? Easy…

Give the two characters conflicting goals – one of them wants one thing, the other something else. Even if it doesn’t end in a shouting match here and now, the underlying tension will be all you need to keep the readers turning those pages.

To illustrate that, take a look at this example…

“What are we having for dinner?” asked Jane.

Bill opened the fridge, shifted the milk to see to the back. “How does steak sound?”

“Sounds great.”

“There’s chicken if you prefer,” he said.

“No, steak is fine. With mashed potatoes.”

A perfectly nice conversation, the kind we all have everyday – but hopeless for the purposes of novel writing. Add some conflict into the mix, though, and it might look something like this…

“What are we having for dinner?” asked Jane.

Bill opened the fridge, shifted the milk to see to the back. “How does steak sound?”

“What, again?”

“We haven’t had steak since last Saturday,” he said.

“I know. And the Saturday before that and the one before that! Don’t you ever fancy something different, Bill?”

Much more interesting. Why? Because the dialogue is in conflict. Jane wants one thing and Bill wants something else…

Bill wants to stick to the same old routine.

Jane wants some adventure in their relationship.

And when characters have conflicting goals, consequences are sure to follow later in the novel.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with having some everyday conversation in a novel. The rules of dialogue, along with every other kind of novel writing rule, are there to be broken.

Sometimes a simple exchange of information between characters will be exactly what is required.

But for the most part, go for tension and disagreement and conflict between the characters. Besides, writing dialogue is much more fun that way!