amagicbeyond:

liztrade:

itscauseimpretty:

timeinthetardis:

specsonspecs:

Why didn’t anyone make this sooner? I hate when people only use the word “said” in stories.

We talked about this tonight…

AWARDS. 

ALL OF THEM.

ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL OFFFFFF THEMMMMMMMMMM.

Yep.  Look at all the words that you can use instead of ‘said’.

You may find it interesting to note that most professional editors/publishers prefer the use of “said” in many instances. That humble little word gets out of the way, while “orated,” “reciprocated,” and “beseeched” do not and tend to make manuscripts look sloppy/far too puffed up to take seriously.

That’s not to say that “giggled,” “muttered,” and “began” don’t have their places. It’s all a matter of balance.

^ That. 

Dialogue tags tend to dissolve when you read them, so if you wrote, “Jane pontificated,” the reader would most likely stop at the tag and digest that rather than what Jane actually said. 

Aw yeah, stuff-you-learn-in-writing-classes. 

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