What Did Jennifer Say to Ben?

Hacks for Writing Authentic Dialogue

Sandra Wendel
ILLUMINATION
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3 min readFeb 24

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What did Jennifer Lopez say to Ben at the Grammy's? The body language would tell you it wasn’t a love message. How about Mitt Romney’s remarks to George Santos during the State of the Union gathering? Something nasty, and Santos spit it right back.

We couldn’t hear these exchanges or read lips, but we knew malice was in play.

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Sandra Wendel
ILLUMINATION

A picky nonfiction editor who helps authors write, polish, and publish their books. Author: Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing.