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Does anybody have tips for writing believable character dialogue?

Read it out loud or record it and play it back. See if it sounds reasonable. Also go talk to real meat people not on the internet.

This last one is important.

Mainly though, don't make the common noob mistake of having them just stop what they're doing, turn to face the camera, and vomit out raw unadorned plot info at the reader or each other.

You should also be sure to read Gower's article on dialogue punctuation.

I always found the most entertaining dialogue (both irl and in fiction) happens when there's something else going on beside the talk itself.

So have the characters do something while talking to each other, whether it's traveling (oh do you see these cool things as well?), training, fussing, or anything really to make the scene more lived in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWQxaQ_tJVY

Here is a 2-hour video on how to write great dialogue. Have fun!

Haven't checked the video, but if the guy manages a 2 hour video on the topic he's sure well versed in the monologue!

Lol, it's a masterclass, or close to it. It is more like a bunch of interviews stitched together expertly.

This is like asking how to have a conversation in real life.