: Re: Should you avoid redundant information after dialogue? Should we avoid repeating redundant information after a dialogue and is there a way around this? Sometimes, you feel prompted to write the

Redundancy is good, but in writing it is better to re-phrase than to repeat. Repeating is ok in dialog, as long as that is just how that character speaks, but outside dialog you should check if you are repeating any words, and try to avoid that. If you need to, walk away for a day and re-read it to see if anything sounds weird/off.

"Here's the chip in question." he said as he handed it to me. "It's a very old chip, make sure you take care of it."

(He and Him imply the same person in this context, so will confuse some readers on first read through)

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