How to Write Dialogue

The art of self-induced multiple personality disorder

John Ilho
The Writing Cooperative
15 min readJan 2, 2024

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Cassette Confessions by John Ilho

Writing great dialogue is super easy.

All you need to do is become a schizophrenia powerhouse and obsess over every single line. But hey, if you’re a writer, you’re already doing that for every single sentence. So, you know, no biggy. Except, dialogue comes with a teensy-weensy, tiny-winy extra bit of work.

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I’m a former head chef turned full-time writer. I know, right? I, too, thought my mom had raised me better than this.