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Showerthought: That conversation with my dad about dialogue formatting

He said 'real people don't talk in perfect paragraphs, they interrupt themselves and trail off' and now I can't unsee it. Has anyone else had a chat that totally changed how you approach dialogue in your own writing?
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wells.morgan
YES my writing coach told me the same thing and now half my dialogue has ellipses and stutters.
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taylor929
taylor9292d ago
@wells.morgan nailed it. Real talk is messy and that's what makes it feel alive.
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