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Q&A Should you avoid redundant information after dialogue?

Redundancy is neither good nor bad. It either works for you or doesn't. In your brief lines, you have a lot of redundancy that, not knowing the context, can probably be removed without sacrificing ...

posted 5y ago by Ken Mohnkern‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:26:02Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Ken Mohnkern‭ · 2019-12-08T12:26:02Z (about 5 years ago)
Redundancy is neither good nor bad. It either works for you or doesn't. In your brief lines, you have a lot of redundancy that, not knowing the context, can probably be removed without sacrificing understandability.

> "Here's the chip. It's very old so make sure you take care of it."

"In question" isn't needed. The handing over of the chip isn't needed; it's implied with "here's the chip" and in the next sentence the other character will pocket it so it's clear that he has it.

Seems to me that there's no need to linger on that sentence any longer than that. Just pass the coin and get on with the story.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-07-15T17:16:52Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 1