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#131: 3 Easy Ways To Write Better Dialogue


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How do you make your story’s dialogue more realistic without writing too much dialogue? Or extraneous pass the meat and potatoes dialogue?

How do you avoid having the dialogue sound stiff or cliche? How do you write dialogue that sounds natural and riveting? 

Dialogue is one of the trickiest things to master. And it does take practice. 

So in today’s episode, I'm flagging  3 common missteps writers make with dialogue, with easy fixes for each.

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