Dialogue

Dialogue is the most important thing in a story next to the actual idea itself.  Dialogue is what moves the story along. A story without dialogue is a bad story.  A story with bad dialogue is also a bad story.  There are several common mistakes people make when writing dialogue.  The first is just having too much. The audience doesn't need a description of everything happening. Don't fill the story with useless talking. Another mistake is a long monologue. When someone is talking too much the audience will get bored.  Using names too much is a mistake in stories and in real life. Nobody wants to constantly hear peoples names. Grammar shortcuts are a way to make the dialogue sound more normal. One of the biggest mistakes is having everyone sound alike.  There are many reasons people sound different from one another so if your characters all sound the same the story will not work.  To avoid this fact check. Where are the characters from? What race or gender are they? Theses are some of the big mistakes that can be made when writing dialogue and should always be avoided.