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For me, the writing style in a story is extremely important. It’s much more important how it is and how it’s structured, than it is necessarily grammatically correct. A Tolkien-style fantasy book probably doesn’t lend itself well to academic language. A sci-fi book in space would probably be strange with luscious Shakespearean lyricism. Whereas a…

I’ve been sitting and listening to other people’s conversations in many different places… trying to understand social interaction better… so far, I’ve come to the following conclusion (completely unscientific): None of the above insights help me much when I’m writing dialogue. For me, dialogue in a book is a tool to: So, my way of…