A conversation means a dialogue. When called upon to write a conversation on any particular topic the student should remember the following:

In all ordinary conversation, the speakers often talk loosely for the sake of talking and seldom drive at any particular point. They seldom care for either form or logic and may even break half-way before they have reached a conclusion. But this is not permissible in a conversation to be written by the student. He must have a fixed purpose in view, and the arguments he will put into the mouth of a speaker must proceed logically step by step. Dialogue can never be interesting unless it has a smooth flow without any jerk or breaks anywhere.

The student has to be very careful about his language and he should try to make it as simple and idiomatic as he can. He will do well to read some good fiction, within easy reach of his understanding, and pick up an easy conversational style for himself. Unless he does that, he will never be good at writing conversations.

The technique of writing good conversations can hardly be taught in a mechanical way. It depends primarily on the writer’s own power of imagination, his sense of wit and humour and his command of the language. By a regular practice under good guidance, however, the student can improve a lot.