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jamieT97

Do you put mistakes in dialogue

Question

When speaking in real life, it is normal to slip up, to stumble over words or mix up parts of a sentence. in movies and writing though, it's kept rather clean unless it's relevant for the character.

Do you make your dialogue clean or do you put in stumbles, pauses, or rewording a sentence after starting

Posted May 6, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC

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