Aww, thanks! *feels special* :)
I appreciate how well said and thought out this was. The only thing I don't agree with quite as well is making the animal sounds off-limits. (for...
So this thread has gone completely insane since I was last here. But... I'VE HAD A 'SAID' REALIZATION: I've been thinking about what you've all...
Zing!
FINALLY, thank you! I break all of these rules; I write in my own way. Seeing "said" again and again, it jumps right out at me--in a bad way. It...
Haven't read Oliver Twist yet; I'm listening to Great Expectations
Hmm....psychologically, I happen to have a very shot attention span....maybe I need the colorful tags to pay attention? I'm actually rather...
My opinion of said wasn't "picked up" anywhere. It's just something I've always thought when I read or wrote, even when I was much younger, long...
I actually liked both of them in different ways. When I read the first one (which is more my style,) I imagined all of those people were together...
OMG I'm listening to and reading books by Charles Dickens, Emily Bronte and Harriot Beecher Stowen...and as much as I try to replace "said" trust...
Well, this backfired!! :oops: I'd like to thank you all for not being too judge-y, just giving honest constrictive, mature...
Ironically, I see a constant use of "said" as amateur writing. (Weird, right?) ;)
I'm sure we've all come across articles that remind us that "said" is unacceptable to use as one of your main (or only), dialogue tags and I...
One way I'm mixing the two is that while my novel itself is third person, my main character keeps a journal and it's a crucial part of the plot,...
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