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Thanks, the thing is that most of my references on how to set up conversations are from other novels and short stories. Specifically, the one that I’m using for my main project is from another novel. Whenever I have doubts I just pick it up and look for a similar dialog. But, as I write more, unique cases that I can’t cross reference start to pop up. I also don’t want to feel that I am plagiarizing this particular formula. In addition, I’d like to try other methods on short stories and drafts, a list detailing other ways to tackle dialog would be useful. Pic related is an example from the novel I mentioned.

It is worth mentioning that this is a purely structural and grammatical problem; I am not “copying” style, voice, individual personalities, etc. ...