Writing dialogue is so tricky. I’ve found that when I’m struggling with the dialogue, it’s often because I don’t know the characters well enough – if they’re still strangers to me, it’s impossible to write something that sounds ‘real’. When I’m first starting a book, I end up writing pages and pages (or chapters and chapters) that I cut for the next draft, but those introductory pages help me find the characters so that the rest of the book is stronger. I’d suggest doing some character development exercises first, just to make sure you know how your characters would react – as you write them, you may find their voices!

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