Simon Dillon
Jun 30, 2023

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An extremely important point. As Robert McKee says in his excellent screenwriting book Story (which also has great principles universal to all fiction writing) "Dialogue is not conversation". In real life, we make poor word choices, inane repetitions, interrupt at badly timed moments, with plenty of umming and ahhing. Not fun to read. :)

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

Written by Simon Dillon

Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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