So one of the absolute best ways to fit believable fantastic dialogue into your stories is simply listening around you to the conversation that go on all the time in real life. I would have never imagined this is my most fevered dreams!
Botanist #1 returning to the truck: "Well, it looks like there are no mice in the traps today. Good, our seeds are safe."
Botanist #2 hands over a mug of tea as #1 gets in: "At least keeping them out of a shed full of bins we don't have to worry about deer."
Botanist #1 takes a drink of tea: "This is true."
Botanist #3 with supreme confidence: "Memaw never had to worry about deer in her garden."
Botanist #2 looks up from her notes as the truck starts to move: "Oh? What did she do?"
Botanist #3: "She put peanut butter on her electric fence...and turned it on."
Botanist #1 promptly spews tea and laughter all over the interior of the truck.
Botanist #1 returning to the truck: "Well, it looks like there are no mice in the traps today. Good, our seeds are safe."
Botanist #2 hands over a mug of tea as #1 gets in: "At least keeping them out of a shed full of bins we don't have to worry about deer."
Botanist #1 takes a drink of tea: "This is true."
Botanist #3 with supreme confidence: "Memaw never had to worry about deer in her garden."
Botanist #2 looks up from her notes as the truck starts to move: "Oh? What did she do?"
Botanist #3: "She put peanut butter on her electric fence...and turned it on."
Botanist #1 promptly spews tea and laughter all over the interior of the truck.
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