: Re: What is the correct way to write dialogue? When writing dialogue I usually just make one character say whatever I want them to say and then write "said" at the end, but I feel like I'm doing

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There isn't really a correct way - just ways that work and ways that work better.

"Yeah, so?" John said.

is fine, and certainly not incorrect, but you could go for something more expressive :

"Yeah, so?" John mumbled.

You don't even need a synonym for "said", or the conventional structure :

John picked his nose and examined his fingernail. "Yeah, so?"

As long as the reader knows who is saying what, it'll be correct - even if it doesn't follow any of the conventional approaches.

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