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17.28: Keys to Writing Dialog

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How to Compress a DTR in a Romantic Novel?

accent is not just about how you pronounce words. It's also the voice of a character, or the pacing or them of the character and also the attitude. You can have two southerners from the same place who speak very slowly to one another at different speeds because of their personalities. A d t r could run for hours but in a romance novel it only lasts a page and a half.

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