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![On Writing: Dialogue Basics! [ Sanderson | Game of Thrones | His Dark Materials ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ecEuw8usnDM/mqdefault.jpg "On Writing: Dialogue Basics! [ Sanderson | Game of Thrones | His Dark Materials ]
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0:00 SURPRISE
1:36 Dialogue tags versus action tags
9:26 Let your damn characters talk!
11:38 Character voice and making characters sound different!
17:00 Word choice/syntax/metaphors
22:30 Its okay if characters sound the same (sometimes)
23:35 Realistic dialogue?
27:15 Dialogue vs summarising
31:30 Summary!
Stay nerdy!
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