: 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?

If there's "not enough story," that's your primary problem. If the story is solid, how much dialogue to include is a simpler choice. Where did you get the idea that there is not enough story? Reader feedback?

One way to think of dialogue is that it is an action (forget about Tarantino style banter for now). If you are letting the reader know about verbal actions the characters are taking, there should be a reason. If the dialogue isn't part of a dramatic event, it can probably go. If a scene (section of writing) doesn't involve something happening, that scene can probably go.

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