How to write a dialogue

Comment écrire un dialogue
●Phrase d’introduction
Présentez le lieu, le moment , les principaux personnages.
Helen is trying to convince John to sign her petition.
●Sautez une ligne après l’introduction .
●Pas de tirets !
- Utilisez des guillemets .
- Allez à la ligne pour chaque personnage.
" Why should I sign?"
" Sandra is in a filthy stinking cell..."
●Employez des verbes introducteurs au prétérit
- Affirmation : Add (= ajouter), answer, agree, declare , repeat, say, tell sb, etc …
- Questions : ask sb, wonder (= se demander) etc …
- Réponse : reply, answer, explain etc …
- he said, she agreed : pas d'inversion!
Le verbe peut aussi qualifier le ton de l’intervention : shout , whisper (murmurer)
- Body language : shake one’s head – laugh …
"Sorry , but I am not signing",he shook his head. "I am not helping a drug dealer,"
he added icily.
● Langue orale
- Niveau de langue : les personnages s’expriment-ils dans une langue soutenue, relâchée ?
- Question-tags :
" Sandra should be allowed to come back to Britain, shouldn't she ?"
- Réponses courtes en ‘so’ et ‘not’
On utilise so après : I think, I hope, I suppose
On utilise not après : I’m afraid , I hope , I suppose , of course
‘Is he going ?’ ‘ Yes, I think so’ ‘ I’m afraid not .’
"Will you sign ?"
" I don't think so ."
- Autres réponses courtes : ‘I loved Titanic.’ ‘so did I ‘ (=moi aussi) ‘ I didn’t’ . (= moi pas)
‘ I didn’t like Titanic ‘ ‘I didn’t either’ (= moi non plus) ‘ I did’ (=moi si)
‘ Did he go?’ ‘Yes , he did’ ‘ No, he didn’t’
- Questions au style direct.
"Why didn't she go to the Embassy ?"
- Gap fillers Well .../ you see... / I mean ... /Actually ...
● Intercaler quelques courts passages narratifs :
Helen realised that it was going to be difficult. What could she
add to convince John to sign ? She decided to have a last shot at it .