When writing dialogue, don't be afraid to grow your vocabulary. When I see an interesting word in a book I am reading I will often write it down, look it up later, and then add it to a list of vocabulary that I am going to use in one of my book series. Amazon has a number of awesome reference books like Scots-English, Hiberno-English, and many other dialects. Don't be afraid to venture onto dictionary.com either. Use all of your tools and take your dialogue to the next level.
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