This is the dream: Pick good smoldering people to the an online dating application, fits with them, and you can rapidly discharge on a conversation filled up with refined compliments, definitive date night arrangements, and you can amusing repartee.
According to research conducted by Preply, – a language learning app and platform, – more than 70 percent of relationship software users surveyed said it’s possible to engage in meaningful conversation, and even fall in love with someone, before ever meeting in person (having only spoken on an app).
The challenge, of course, is getting there, shifting from the notification that “It’s A Match!” into dialogue worthy of a Shonda Rhimes production. It’s a daunting task, so we brought in the pros: rom-com authors. Mashable spoke with several – all with books jam-packed with quippy dialogue out this spring and summer – to get their expert takes on how to write witty banter.
“Impeccable dialogue is what distinguishes romance writers from every other genre,” says Mackenzie Newcomb, founder of Bad B*tch Book Bar (a virtual book club of more than 20,000 members dedicated to uplifting female-identifying readers, authors, and protagonists).Continue reading