Nothing like a nugget of wisdom from Bruce Lee. I thought you were going with "Be like water, my friend." I apologize for the confusion. I didn't...
Damn. That's insightful as hell. You're always very thorough in your responses. I appreciate that! I read the blog post, and yes, that's the kind...
I wrote a story from third person limited, very close to the character's thoughts. I've struck a literary conundrum. There's this scene where...
Cocking a brow is my favorite alternative to "What?"
Oh NICE! So, I read this, and while half of these, especially the tags above, sound reasonable, I struggle to see something like, "'He's my...
I agree wholeheartedly. What I usually do is write the dialogue first, without any attribution tags or actions. Then I ask myself what happens in...
Definitely. The list is just for demonstrative purposes.
Oh writing, the motherlode of "it depends". Thank you for pointing this out to me!
Whoops, you're right. 'Comma' is a typo on my part. I meant 'period'. I always get these two confused. Will fix that. (Wait, I guess it won't let....
We're on the same page. I also minimize my usage of "said" in a flowing conversation unless it's necessary to establish who is speaking, or as an...
I'm one of those people who ere on the side of caution, to the extent my dialogue tags are almost exclusively 'said', which works for the most...
Thank you! I'm definitely not big on body gestures in every other line. I'll have to inspect where in my writing I'm using body language when it...
Separate names with a comma.
