I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult.
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From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make it seem more authentic.
It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more easily into speech.
I like to say good dialogue is a million times easier to memorize than bad dialogue - difficult good dialogue, even if it's difficult. Aaron Sorkin dialogue is easier to memorize, even though it's wildly complicated.
It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue.
For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe it's because I talk too much!
If you have a good ear for dialogue, you just can't help thinking about the way people talk. You're drawn to it. And the obsessive interest in it forces you to develop it. You almost can't help yourself.
Speaking is physically difficult for me.
Supposedly I'm impossible to talk to. But it's honestly not me being difficult. Sometimes you just don't have a lot to say.
Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.
Honestly, dialogue is a weird area for me. It just comes naturally; I know I'm quite good at it, but I can't actually tell you why or how in any detail.