Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Dialogue

Script Genius
2 min readJan 19, 2021

Writing dialogue is a delicate dance. Too fast and you may jump out of rhythm. Too slow and you may not be keeping up the pace. I had a teacher one time who compared writing dialogue to a mini skirt — long enough to cover the subject but short enough to keep things interesting.

Here are some mistakes to avoid when writing dialogue…

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