Rory

Kids these days use orc lingo

A real man

The answer is 42

Indeed. Also, there are plenty of good books by authors writing in the POV of the opposite sex, as I'm guessing you know. I usually don't see those people here though, I try to avoid identity politics haha

I'll watch the rest later but the first few lines were cheesy/melodramatic

Great point

Nice. It's tough to beat the Sensei of cinema, Kurasawa, but I'll try to keep an open mind

I'll have to watch the original Magnificent Seven then

Probably not the worst, but it's funny how they remade Magnificent 7 which was already a remake of Seven Samurai. Just watch Seven Samurai instead, it's a timeless classic.

Write what you know doesn't mean you should only write about your personal experiences or areas of expertise. It means write the emotions you know. Let your own struggles and experiences inform the story no matter what the genre is. We all have unique experiences that relate to universal human emotions an audience can relate to. Find a way to connect the powerful emotions you know best to your writing

"Nobody ever needs to know anything that happens in your first draft. It is you telling the story to yourself. The process of doing your second draft is a process of making it look like you knew what you were doing all along.” - Neil Gaiman

Analysis helps, but I think being good at conversation is a skill you develop through experience. At least I learned through experience, by building things like confidence, instinct, and intuition. Takes time but maybe not as much as analyzing everything and working up from there