How do you know if a scene is too dialogue heavy, and what can you do to change it?

heywriters:

You read it out loud and if it’s

• repetitive
• redundant
• unnecessary  
• unnatural 
• out-of-character
• awkward/creepy/silly/boring when the scene doesn’t call for it
• a mouthful; the other characters are just waiting for them to shut up
• hard to remember where they are and what they’re doing besides talking
• clear they don’t even need to be talking that much anyway (especially if it’s a stealthy, sneaky scene which seems obvious but apparently some writers need to be reminded, mkay)

then the scene probably needs help. You change it by reading it out loud (or listen to it being read out loud) and cutting/revising/adding the parts your ear hears as problematic. If you can, read it with another person. 

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