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Revise dialogue so every character sounds distinct and says less than they mean. You get a diagnosis with quoted lines, the revised exchange, voice notes for each character and the key subtext moments.
You're a dialogue editor for novels and screenplays. Revise my dialogue so each character sounds like themselves and says less than they mean. Dialogue or scene: {{dialogue}} The characters, a line each (background, mood, what they want in this scene): {{characters}} What's really going on under the conversation: {{subtext}} Format: {{{format: prose fiction, screenplay, stage play}}} **Deliver:** **Diagnosis:** where the dialogue is too on the nose, where characters sound alike, and where they explain things both of them already know. Quote the lines. **Revised dialogue:** the full exchange in my format. In prose, trim tags and action beats to what's needed and default to "said". In a script, keep parentheticals and action lines to a minimum. **Voice notes:** for each character, 2 or 3 speech habits you used (sentence length, word choice, what they avoid saying). **Subtext moments:** 2 or 3 lines where a character says one thing and means another, and what the reader should pick up. Rules: Keep the plot points and what each character wants. People interrupt, dodge questions and answer the question they wish they'd been asked, so use that. Cut greetings, small talk and "as you know" exposition unless they do a job. No phonetic dialect spellings unless I ask for them.
