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Don’t have every dialog go in a straight line to solve the problem. Let your characters argue, be sarcastic, disagree or joke around.

Dan Alatorre

Don’t have every dialog go in a straight line to solve the problem. Let your characters argue, be sarcastic, disagree or joke around.

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