#WritersCoffeeClub 9th Jan 2026. What's your top tip for writing authentic dialogue?
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#WritersCoffeeClub 9th Jan 2026. What's your top tip for writing authentic dialogue?
I don't even try.
Pick up a novel—any novel. (Not "Trainspotting", you freak.) Read the dialog aloud. Alternatively, record an ongoing pub or coffee shop conversation (consensually!) and transcribe it verbatim, including all the random throat clearing and interjections. Turns out that the cadence of written speech is NOTHING LIKE that of actual speech.
The job of dialog in fiction is to convey speechiness.
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