10 Dialogue Mistakes New Fantasy Writers Make

Jed Herne March 13, 2025
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Jed Herne

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Helping you write better fantasy books 🧙 On this channel, I share the best fantasy writing advice that I've learned from publishing four novels and a video game. My books include Kingdom of Dragons, The Thunder Heist, Across the Broken Stars, and Fires of the Dead. I also wrote Siege of Treboulain (an interactive fantasy novel published by Choice of Games). Through my classes and programs, I've worked with 200+ fantasy writers to help them improve their stories. This has given me a lot of insight into the most common struggles that new fantasy writers face. I run this channel to share my learnings. Want to join my accountability and support community for fantasy writers? Then click the first link down below 👇

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Learn how to write captivating fantasy characters with my free course: https://jedherne.com/character-course/?video=nuRne36LkNs ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - No subtext 02:38 - Clone Speak 10:20 - Not reading it out loud 11:50 - InfoDialogue 15:21 - Over-reliance on dialogue 19:44 - Aimless conversations 24:50 - Anachronistic phrases 28:04 - Formatting issues 32:00 - Poor tag choice 35:04 - Repeated ideas 📙 MY BOOKS: Across the Broken Stars: https://jedherne.com/acrossthebrokenstars The Thunder Heist: https://jedherne.com/thethunderheist/ Fires of the Dead: https://jedherne.com/firesofthedead Kingdom of Dragons: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jedherne/kingdom-of-dragons 🎮 MY VIDEO GAME: Siege of Treboulain: https://jedherne.com/siege-of-treboulain-details/

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