Dialogue Writing

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name: dialogue-writing
description: Write character dialogue that serves voice, relationship, subtext, pacing, and scene purpose without exposition-heavy speech.
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# Dialogue Writing

Use for games, interactive fiction, scripts, narrative scenes, and character exchanges.

## Procedure
1. Define what each speaker wants in the scene and what they are unwilling or unable to say directly.
2. Anchor vocabulary, rhythm, formality, humor, and verbal habits in established character voice.
3. Let dialogue create action: reveal pressure, change relationships, deliver choices, or move the scene.
4. Hide exposition inside conflict, desire, misunderstanding, or concrete circumstance rather than information dumps.
5. Read exchanges for turn-taking rhythm and remove lines that restate what the audience already understands.
6. Check continuity with lore, character history, and branching state where applicable.

## Quality gate
Speakers should remain distinguishable without name labels, and the scene should be different at the end than at the beginning.