283. What's Making your Dialogue Read False (and What To Do About It)
About this episode
Nanci Panuccio discusses common mistakes in writing dialogue and how to improve it for a more authentic reader experience.
Most writers know when their dialogue isn't working. What they don't know is why. In this episode, I'm breaking down the three mistakes that make dialogue read false, and what to do to turn it around. So your reader feels like they're eavesdropping on a private conversation. [00:00:00] Why dialogue feels so hard to write when conversation comes so naturally to us in real life. [00:01:04] The eavesdropping illusion -- why the moment your characters start performing for the reader, the dialogue...
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