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Q&A How to avoid turning dialogue into Q&A session?

DPT's and Rasdashan's answers offer good advice. I will just add that its important to remember that most conversations are Q&A sessions (essentially). When you talk with someone, you want to...

posted 6y ago by gagarwa‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:22:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar gagarwa‭ · 2019-12-08T10:22:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
[**DPT**'s](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/40775/how-to-avoid-turning-dialogue-into-qa-session/40776#40776) and [**Rasdashan**'s answers](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/40775/how-to-avoid-turning-dialogue-into-qa-session/40777#40777) offer good advice. I will just add that its important to remember that most conversations are Q&A sessions (essentially). When you talk with someone, you want to ask them something. Even when you just want to tell them something, you generally expect some sort of reply. In return, they ask or tell you something. That's the back and forth nature of conversations.

The only difference between an interrogation and a conversation is that only one person "asks" during an interrogation. To avoid that, you can try the techniques that **DPT** and **Rasdashan** suggest.

You can also try to make sure that one character doesn't have all the answers. So then, when they talk, you are forced to go back and forth, resulting in a more natural conversation. This will improve your story-line too, I think.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-12-17T19:57:18Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 8