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“Well, my mom wanted him to call me,” he said, “so she made up an outrageous lie. He fell for her trick, and because he would feel guilty if I was really ill and he hadn’t spoken to me for two years, he called.”
“Don’t you think that this is a good excuse and a good time to bury the hatchet?”
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What are some rules you might follow to strengthen this dialogue?
Too much explaining; it's boring because it leaves nothing to the reader's imagination
Dialogue like this doesn't reveal much about the character either. Let the person be more indignant and say things that are more "real."
Avoid clichés, too. "Bury the Hatchet!" Yuck.