The first thing that you should do after you've finished your novel. You should wait.
Have you ever read anything that was published that had things appearing at random, buildings popping up in empty fields without being built, etc.? No! So why should your novel be any different?
When you're typing up your manuscript, you'll make little mistakes that are pretty obviously wrong.
There are a lot of weird specifics you need to follow when writing dialog. Here's the basic ones.
Source: http://evelynjanelle.blogspot.com/2010/10/all-about-dialogue.html, dictionary.com
Here's something else useful. I've never seen anything more annoying than people using em dashes and semicolons as commas.
Source: http://evelynjanelle.blogspot.com/2010/11/dashes-ellipses-and-exclamation-points.html, dictionary.com
Some other things that you should look for.
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