So hard to do well.

Writing accents is another way of differentiating one character’s speech from another’s, but you should avoid this unless you’re confident in your ability to convey an accent phonetically.
How to Make Your Characters Talk Like Real People
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Esme Harlow
Roman Newell
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So hard to do well. I once read that Lovecraft steered away from dialogue because it was so challenging for him to write well.
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Busy working on my novel, 20xx. I also talk about the writing journey on Substack. romannewell.substack.com.
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