: Re: Is a novel less credible if the dialogues are too perfect? I always find myself trying to make dialogues perfect. For example, the perfect advice, the perfect punch line, the perfect joke or

I find this question strange.

If the dialogue is the perfect thing for the character - in other words, if that character was a living, breathing person, and this is 100% exactly what they would say - then you've achieved something most writers would kill for. I don't quite see how that could ever detract from your novel.

If the dialogue is perfect because it's what you, the author, wants to say, then that's a big problem. Don't put your words in the character's mouth, because it will never ring true, and that's when the reader smells a fake.

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