Authors: 10 ways to make your character dialog exciting!

Graeme Ing
6 min readJan 10, 2021
Licensed from MotionArray

Characterization is everything in your novel. One of the surest reasons a reader will put your book down is if your characters are flat, stereotypes or predictable. Here are ten ways to make your characters come to life in dialog.

1. Advance the story. Cut to the chase

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Graeme Ing

Chiefly, I write about fascinating things from history. Professional author of fantasy/sci-fi, world traveller, geek and videographer