Dialogue pass: cut the line that only restates what we already know.

Keep the line that reveals what the speaker is hiding from the room — or from themselves.

Which spoken line earns the silence after it?
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Dialogue that explains the plot out loud is exposition in costume. Let the argument live in what stays unsaid; put the facts in the action around it.

Which recent line of yours says more by what it refuses to name?

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