Elements of a good story – dialog

Let’s continue with our discussion about stories in our presentations.
We have covered characters. The next element I would like to touch on is conversation and/or dialog.
If we only use narration in our stories they become dry and sound like the news report. It looks like we are standing on the sidelines looking in. We are passive observers we are not in the story. What can bring us into the story is a conversation or dialog between characters. There is something to consider. If we use too much narration it becomes a report however if use too much dialog it becomes a play. Neither one is desirable. There should be a healthy mix of both elements. The narration is a very good setup and then comes dialog. There may be many variation of a dialog in your stories. The most common, probably, will be a dialog between the characters in the story, another type maybe the inner dialog when you or any other character opens up his/her thoughts for the audience to hear and hopefully see. A hidden benefit of using dialog is humor. Very often in our stories the laughter comes because one of the characters said something funny, the conversation is a perfect way to introduce that humorous situation.
Now go ahead and tell your story. The world needs to hear it.