Name: 【TED-Ed】用三個反社會技巧改善你的寫作(Three anti-social skills to improve your writing - Nadia Kalman)
Uploaded: 2021-11-02T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 3 min 45 s

Dialogue gives a story color, makes it exciting and moves it forward.

對白能賦予故事色彩、扣人心弦，又能推動故事發展。

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Romeo: O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?

羅密歐：「啊，你就不留給我一點滿足嗎?」

Juliet: What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?

茱麗葉：「今夜你還想要什麼滿足?」

Romeo: The exchange of thy love's faithful vows for mine.

羅密歐：「與我交換對愛情的誓言。」

So what goes into writing effective dialogue?

Well, there are social skills: making friends, solving conflicts, being pleasant and polite.

有些社交技巧像是：善於交友、化解衝突、討喜有禮

Instead, we'll be working on -- let's call them "anti-social skills."

用的反而是──我們稱之為「反社交技巧」

If you're a writer, you may already have a few of these.

如果你是作家，有些對你來說可能不陌生。

If you're riding a bus and hear an interesting conversation, you could write it all down.

你搭公車時聽見有趣的對話，應該抄下來。

Of course, when you write fiction, you're not describing real people, you're making up characters.

當然，寫小說時你不是在描述真實人物，而是虛構角色。

But sometimes the words you overhear can give you ideas.

有時偷聽到的對話能提供你靈感。

Maybe it's two kids in a class, and the boy thinks the girl pushed him.

也許是班上的兩個小孩，男孩認為女孩推了他。

Maybe it's a couple, but one of them is a vampire, and the woman vampire saw the man flirting with a zombie.

也許是一對情侶，但其中一位是吸血鬼，女吸血鬼抓到男友在搭訕僵屍。

Maybe the characters are a teenager and his mother, and they're supposed to be vegetarians, but the mother saw him eating a burger.

也許是一位青少年和他的母親，兩人都吃素，但媽媽發現他偷吃漢堡。

So let's say you've decided on some characters.

What are they like? Where are they from? What music do they listen to?

他們是什麼樣子？打哪來？都聽什麼音樂？

If you're on a bus, think about what they might be doing if they were there too.

搭公車時，想像他們在旁邊做什麼。

Would they talk on the phone, listen to music, draw pictures, sleep?

是講電話、聽音樂、畫圖、或睡覺？

An older person might speak differently than a younger person.

Someone from the south might speak differently than someone from the north.

南、北方人的說話方式也不同。

Once you know your characters, you can figure out how they talk.

先認識你的角色，就能找出他們說話方式。

At this stage, it's helpful to use anti-social skill number three:

在這階段，反社交技巧三便派上用場。

When you speak your character's words, you can hear whether they sound natural, and fix them if necessary.

實際唸出角色台詞，才知道聽起來是否自然有需要再作修正 。

Remember, most people are usually pretty informal when they speak.

記得，一般人平常講話不會太正式。

They use simple language and contractions.

他們會使用簡單的文字和縮寫。

So, "Do not attempt to lie to me" sounds more natural as "Don't try to lie to me."

「不要企圖欺騙我」改成「別想騙我」較自然。

People tend to speak in short bursts, not lengthy speeches.

一般人講話較簡潔，不會像演講般冗長 。

Ask yourself: do I really need that adverb?

For instance, "'Your money or your life,' she said threateningly."

例如：「要錢還要命？」她恐脅著。

Here, "threateningly" is redundant, so you can get rid of it.

「恐脅著」在這裡很多餘，拿掉它吧。

But if the words and the actions don't match, an adverb can be helpful.

但如果說出來的話與行動不搭，副詞便派上用場。

"'Your money or your life,' she said lovingly."

「要錢還要命？」她深情地說。

First, eavesdrop. Next, pretend imaginary people are real.

首先偷聽，接著假裝你幻想人物都是真的。

Finally, mutter to yourself, and write it all down.

This is fictional dialogue, or "How to Hear Voices in Your Head."

以上就是虛擬對話，或「如何聽到腦子裡的聲音」。

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