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My writing group told me my dialogue sounded like a robot from a 1980s movie.

They said every character talked the same way, using perfect grammar and no contractions. I started listening to real conversations at the coffee shop and writing down how people actually speak. What's one piece of feedback that totally changed how you write a specific thing?
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garcia.wren
My creative writing professor said my dialogue was too real.
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riley_gibson19
Yeah that's a tough one. My editor told me to stop using so many dialogue tags. Just "he said" is fine, you know? Changed everything for me.
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miles_chen
miles_chen1mo ago
My last editor wanted more specific tags, actually.
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