Writing gender specific dialogue – Writer’s Digest repost

I’ve mentioned this before, but it bothers me to NO END when I read the female point of view from a male author who has ZERO clue how a woman thinks.  Some interesting tips:

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/writing-gender-specific-dialogue

In an excerpt from On Writing Romance by Leigh Michaels,

GENDER-SPECIFIC DIALOGUE

It’s difficult for a writer to create completely convincing dialogue for a character of the opposite gender. But you can make your dialogue more realistic by checking your dialogue against a list of the ways in which most writers go wrong.

If You’re a Woman

Here’s how to

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