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My characters don’t “say”, they proclaim… — No Comments

  1. You are never going to let me live that down, are you? LOL

    In terms of said, I would lean towards just getting the story down and worrying about the repeats later.

    Well, that's not absolutely true – I have a terrible time not editing while I'm writing – but it's what I would want to be true.

    So I'll say this, too. If you can easily find an alternative, great. If you have to work hard and really search to find an alternative word, I'd probably write around it and avoid the tag altogether.

  2. Good advice, dears. And any helpful advice should never be forgotten. 🙂 I'm greatly indebted to both of you for many encouragements and assists.

  3. I was working on this earlier today. I haven't noticed your writing suffering from this problem. From what I've seen on writing web sites and in books, this is a hot issue. Most say to write around it when possible and the few necessary tags won't be annoying. Many say not to use a fancier form of "said". I tend to leave them out entirely when there are only two characters talking. Feedback suggests I should put in a few for longer passages. I try to write something in the dialogue that will make it obvious who is speaking. With three characters, I need to get more creative. Like others here said, just get something written and fix it later. In my case, that means going back and adding tags.
    ~Dilo