Description or Dialogue?

What one do you prefer?

Personally, I'm more of a dialogue person. I don't really like when someone spends awhile talking about how the trees look or where-ever they are just to do it. I honestly don't have the attention span for it. Buuuut, I like description if it's the narrator's thoughts because it's kind of fun.

I was just writing my draft chapter (don't judge me Image) for Mod. Homo and most of it is dialogue. Example:

"Did you say condom?"

"Yes."

"And you couldn't get IT... up?"

"Nope."

"Because you're having a sexuality crisis?"

"That's what she said."

"Sam, are you gay?!"

"Er... Tits is like my family?"

"So you're telling me tits is like your family but you couldn't GET IT UP when the opportunity presented itself?"

"I, well. She wasn't my type."

"She was a busty asian babe. And according to your snapchat-"

"Really you're going to go there."

"-fine. But you know, dude, it would be totally OK if you were to be Gay? It's, like, in your DNA?"

"Please don't start singing."

"So this is you not denying it?"

"No, I'm denying it." Sydney glared at him as if to say really and Sam said, "well. Maybe like... Moderately homo?"

"Oh! So it's like my lady boner for Jennifer Lawrence?"

"Yes, totally. I have a total half-mast erection for Jenson Ackles."

"That's understandable."

"So we get to forget this conversation ever happened?"

She smiled, "Nope."

End example

So what do you prefer? Or does it depend on the mood/genre of the story?
June 19th, 2013 at 03:47am