: Re: Spacing out dialogue? I'm an amateur writer. Whenever I write, I tend to put in too much dialogue and not enough story. What are some techniques I can use to space out my dialogue?

@Shanna875

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First develop your plot from start to finish. Divide the story into scenes. Then develop your characters and give them the appropriate dialog at the appropriate moments. This way, no matter how much dialog you write, it won't hinder you from the plot, which you will have already done. Then as you begin to edit your story, delete everything that doesn't advance the plot in some way. If you suffer from logorrhea of dialog, that test will trim it down to size. Remember this fundamental rule of writing: a reader can stop reading at any point.

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