Beginners vs. Professional Fiction Writers: Don’t Commit These 5 Common Dialogue Crimes

Learn how to write authentic-sounding, character-revealing dialogue that drives your story forward

Austin Hackney
The Writing Cooperative
11 min readJan 21, 2021

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Dialogue is a vital element in contemporary fiction, no matter what the genre. Done well, it can work hard, revealing character, developing relationships…

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