: Re: How to avoid turning dialogue into Q&A session? I noticed a problem I have in my fictional writing. My dialogues quickly turn into interrogations. Here is an exaggerated example. "How did
Here's yet another tip: Answer the question before anyone asks.
"Don't give me that look. I'm wearing this because I have a performance right after the funeral and I don't have time to change."
Or this exchange from King of the Hill, after Peggy swindled a swindler:
BOBBY: Mom, I know a magician's not supposed to reveal --
PEGGY: Here's how I did it...
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