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Dialog vs. correct grammar

02/29/2016 Write Well, Write To Sell 888 Views 0 Comments bad wriitng habits,  good writing habits,  grammar in dialog,  rick taubold,  writing believable dialog

From Rick: I received a comment on last week’s post by Kellee regarding where to draw the line between correct grammar in our writing versus how our characters talk. As the commenter noted, Mark Twain often used idiosyncratic dialog. Twain

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