Dialogue Development

Having trouble getting your characters to talk to each other in a realistic way ? Need to discuss what good dialogue looks like, do it here.

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  1. Bus Chaser

    Acceptable Alternatives to "Said"

    Bus Chaser, May 28, 2023 at 3:07 PM
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    w. bogart
    Jun 1, 2023 at 11:25 PM
  2. montecarlo

    Good vs Bad Dialog

    montecarlo, May 16, 2023
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    2
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    177
    Pixit
    May 24, 2023
  3. naruzeldamaster

    How do I 'cut back' on dialogue without removing too much?

    naruzeldamaster, Apr 8, 2023
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    4
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    494
    Rzero
    Apr 26, 2023
  4. Set2Stun

    Dialogue Between Characters with a Translator

    Set2Stun, Jan 3, 2022
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    820
    JLT
    Apr 8, 2023
  5. happyhacker

    AI (Alien Intelligence) Talk

    happyhacker, Mar 28, 2023
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    11
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    336
    happyhacker
    Apr 8, 2023
  6. Justin Attas

    Creative Ways To Give a Certain Character's Dialogue a Certain Feel?

    Justin Attas, Jul 2, 2019 ... 2
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    30
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    1,833
    Naomasa298
    Apr 7, 2023
  7. BigSchnoz

    Hillbilly Dialogue

    BigSchnoz, Apr 5, 2023
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    4
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    144
    BigSchnoz
    Apr 5, 2023
  8. Rzero

    1972 slang

    Rzero, Jan 20, 2023 ... 2
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    45
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    1,248
    happyhacker
    Mar 28, 2023
  9. MWB

    Em-dashes in dialog?

    MWB, Jan 28, 2023
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    13
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    530
    happyhacker
    Mar 28, 2023
  10. J.T. Woody

    Witty (yet offensive) Quip about Erectile Dysfunction

    J.T. Woody, Mar 14, 2023
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    413
    Catriona Grace
    Mar 15, 2023
  11. deadrats

    less dialog

    deadrats, Nov 10, 2022 ... 2 3
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    w. bogart
    Jan 27, 2023
  12. Rosemary74

    Can I use 'er" or 'erm' in a dialogue?

    Rosemary74, Jan 26, 2023
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    4
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    255
    w. bogart
    Jan 27, 2023
  13. montecarlo

    Dialog Excellence

    montecarlo, Jan 25, 2023
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    1
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    251
    Xoic
    Jan 25, 2023
  14. venuschansama

    How do I make good diaolouge?

    venuschansama, Jan 18, 2023
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    221
    Xoic
    Jan 18, 2023
  15. ps102

    When do you use a comma? And when a period?

    ps102, Dec 31, 2022
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    10
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    500
    JLT
    Jan 17, 2023
  16. J.T. Woody

    how to deal with whispering

    J.T. Woody, Oct 28, 2021
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    1,003
    deadrats
    Dec 28, 2022
  17. TripleBackstab

    Dialogue Tags and Tense

    TripleBackstab, Aug 27, 2021
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    899
    LadySerpentine
    Dec 20, 2022
  18. naruzeldamaster

    looking for some Italian common phrases.

    naruzeldamaster, Dec 14, 2022
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    1
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    291
    Louanne Learning
    Dec 14, 2022
  19. JTedders92

    Three way dialogue

    JTedders92, Apr 13, 2020
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    1,877
    Seven Crowns
    Oct 9, 2022
  20. naruzeldamaster

    What is this style of talking based on?

    naruzeldamaster, Oct 3, 2022
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    561
    Bruce Johnson
    Oct 4, 2022
  21. StoryForest
    Locked

    Starting a new line in dialogue.

    StoryForest, Jul 23, 2019
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    3
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    1,399
    Homer Potvin
    Sep 5, 2022
  22. Murkie

    Dialogue after a description

    Murkie, Sep 1, 2020
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    15
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    1,175
    Not the Territory
    Sep 3, 2022
  23. deadrats

    Using sparse dialog.

    deadrats, Jul 14, 2022
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    18
    Views:
    1,280
    OurJud
    Aug 17, 2022
  24. Fronzizzle

    Formatting dialogue question

    Fronzizzle, Jul 13, 2022
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    22
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    748
    Gary Wed
    Jul 25, 2022
  25. Louanne Learning

    Dialogue Tags

    Louanne Learning, Jun 24, 2022
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    6
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    632
    Gary Wed
    Jul 20, 2022
  26. Oldmanofthemountain

    How do you avoid "as you know" exposition?

    Oldmanofthemountain, Jun 3, 2021 ... 2
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    2,007
    FlyingGuppy
    Jul 19, 2022
  27. Giacomo

    When is it okay to omit dialogue tags???

    Giacomo, Nov 10, 2021
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    1,041
    Gary Wed
    Jul 10, 2022
  28. Bone2pick

    Punctuation Inside Em-dashes

    Bone2pick, Jan 25, 2022 ... 2
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    31
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    1,779
    Gary Wed
    Jul 6, 2022
  29. ohr_drakonis

    Does every character need to have their own unique syntax and way of speaking?

    ohr_drakonis, Feb 28, 2022 ... 2
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    25
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    1,889
    Gary Wed
    Jul 6, 2022
  30. Louanne Learning

    Numbers in dialogue

    Louanne Learning, Jun 29, 2022
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    9
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    618
    MWB
    Jul 5, 2022
  31. Oldmanofthemountain

    What makes certain lines "memeable laughing stocks", and how do you avoid making them while writing?

    Oldmanofthemountain, Jun 18, 2022
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    22
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    1,056
    FlyingGuppy
    Jun 24, 2022
  32. Also

    What came between "man" and "dude"?

    Also, Mar 15, 2022 ... 2
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    42
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    1,964
    harlequin-writes
    Jun 14, 2022
  33. Seven Crowns

    The greatest wrestling promo of all time. Expert dialog!

    Seven Crowns, Apr 18, 2022
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    10
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    1,388
    Cdn Writer
    Apr 28, 2022
  34. Rad Scribbler

    British Army 'speak'

    Rad Scribbler, Mar 21, 2022
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    2
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    439
    big soft moose
    Mar 22, 2022
  35. evild4ve

    Characters entering scenes too conveniently

    evild4ve, Jan 30, 2022
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    12
    Views:
    1,006
    Bakkerbaard
    Feb 5, 2022
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