I’ve been doing some researching on how I can fix my dialogue in the stories I write. It’s really easy to get sucked into writing stiff, unrealistic dialogue, but unfortunately that can really hurt the flow of your story. Here’s a snippet from a fantastic article I came across on Fiction University about how to fix bad dialogue.
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2. Read dialogue aloud to check for stilted speech.
There’s no better way to detect unnatural sounding dialogue than by reading it aloud. This is how you spot places where you should leave out some words instead of writing complete, grammatically correct sentences.
Stilted: “There’s nothing to do. Why don’t we go out somewhere?”
“Would you like to go with me to see a movie?”
Better: “I’m bored. Let’s do something.”
“Want to see a movie?”[/su_quote]
Source: Fiction University: Something Worth Saying: Writing Effective Dialogue
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Writing good dialog can often be the hardest part of a story (aside from nailing the ending). Writing natural dialog doesn’t always come naturally, and reading your words aloud is a great way to get yourself goin’ in the right direction. I also found that watching TV or playing dialog intensive video games helped me write better, more natural sounding dialog. It’s easier to write people talking the more you listen to people talking.
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I totally agree! That’s great advice, sarahbruso, thank you!
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