#227: Say Less, Mean More: The Secret to Writing Great Dialogue

Writing dialog can feel deceptively simple. After all, it's just people talking, right? But in far too many stories, characters are recapping the plot or revealing too much of what they're thinking or feeling. The dialogue is pure exposition, doing too much of the story's heavy lifting.  

Great dialogue works on multiple levels, often saying more in what's unsaid than what is said. 

So in this episode, we're going to look at common pitfalls. And I'll show you how to write conversations that carry emotional weight, deepen your characters and spark new turns in your story.  So you can write believable, compelling dialogue. 

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