Who Says Dialogue is Hard to Write?

Sneaky preview of a work-in-progress I’m hatching this year. Two characters talk about how to get characters talking...

‘Rachel?’

‘Yes?’

‘Is dialogue complicated?’

‘God no.’

‘Seriously?’

‘Dialogue isn’t complicated. Dialogue is easy. People are complicated.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘The mistake new writers make is expecting their characters to say very articulately exactly what they truly think. In GCSE-English-Essay-worthy sentences. Which is about as realistic as a flying hamster.’

‘Oh. Okay. But we were talking about paragraphs, right?’

‘Paragraphs. Right. Where was I? What do you want to know?’

‘Um… How to write dialogue?’