I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.
Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue.
Not dreams but night changes, not destiny but path changes, always keep your hopes alive, luck may or may not change, but time definitely chages.
All the information you need can be given in dialogue.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.