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  How to Write Good Dialogue That Sounds Real: Part Two Hello and welcome back to my dialogue mini-series! Last time, we covered the “As you know, Bob…” and Name Dropping specifics, and we are still on what type of dialogue that you want to fix/avoid.  We will be going over 2 more types of dialogue to fix, and then after that… we have one more type of bad dialogue, and then after that we will be moving onto how to write good dialogue instead of just stuff to try and avoid. On-the-nose Dialogue(and Drama) This type of dialogue is where the characters are very… obvious, on-the-nose, or just… not realistic in the sense that the characters are being straight forward to a ridiculous degree. By this I mean: If Character A asks Character B why they are made at A, is B really going to say, I’m mad at you because you missed thirteen of my calls after I got into a car crash? No! At least, not realistically. Maybe B shouts something similar, but certain emotions, even when explainin...

  How to Write Good Dialogue That Sounds Real: Part One Hello my fellow writers! If you’re anything like me, then you love it when the book you’re reading has characters that get into a back-and-forth argument with each other, with fun banter and sometimes serious lines. But, how do you write that? And, most importantly, how do you make sure that your dialogue sounds like… actual people? I’ll be going over some stuff to avoid and ways to make your dialogue snappy, dramatic, or whatever it is you’re going for. I will also be providing an example for each thing. Of course, since this is Part One, we will be covering only two things in this part… I will try to keep it to 2-4 parts, but I have no idea how long this subject of dialogue will be… “As you know, Bob…”  This is also known as exposition-heavy dialogue. A character will ask a question about something, and the other character will reply with, “As you know…”  It’s basically a way to throw in some exposi...