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Q&A How do we know if a dialogue sounds unnatural without asking for feedback?

I wrote a dialogue, but I am not sure if it sounds natural. I try to keep dialogue super simple so that it doesn't feel unnatural, but aside from that, I am not sure if there's any golden rule I ca...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by blackbird‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:52:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/47757
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar blackbird‭ · 2019-12-08T12:52:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
I wrote a dialogue, but I am not sure if it sounds natural. I try to keep dialogue super simple so that it doesn't feel unnatural, but aside from that, I am not sure if there's any golden rule I can follow to make sure the dialogue I write doesn't sound off.

Here's a small excerpt of what I wrote recently.

> ...
> 
> Then I would have to shine the Bat Signal into the sky.
> 
> Haha, yeah right. I'll be around the neighborhood if you need me. I might have to leave by the end of the month, so call me if you want to hang out. Cya!

I am not sure, but laughing and then saying goodbye immediately sounds unnatural, but the exchange is 2 pages long so I felt the need to cut it short, but it sounds unnatural a bit I feel like. Sounds almost like a dialogue from The Room (2003).

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-02T03:55:15Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 4