looz-y: bwstickles: amaringo: timetobeadventurous: rainbowsaola: specsonspecs: Why didn’t anyone make this sooner? I hate when people only use the word “said” in stories. THANK YOU BLESS YOUR COW I-It’s not like I bookmarked this because I suck at finding synonyms, BAKA! MY ENGLISH TEACHER GAVE ME A SHEET OF LIST OF THESE BUT ALAS, I LOST IT. need this for brit lit I’d like to point out that using nothing but fancy words like these can often make your writing sound cliche, cheap, and immature. You don’t have to Gordon Lish-it (or was the constant use of “said” Carver’s idea? I don’t know. Go look it up. Particularly “The Bath” and “A Small Good Thing”) and use a dialogue tag after every single piece of dialogue, but you also shouldn’t do this: “What more can we do?” he retorted. “Could you…well, try to not be a…werewolf?” I suggested in a whisper. “Like I have a choice about it!” he shouted. “Ugh!” he groaned. “No, you’re not!” I shouted. “What’s that supposed to mean?” he roared. “Be very careful, Bella,” his velvet voice warned. “Jacob,” I pleaded. “Killing people?” he demanded. “That’s fine,” I promised. Yes, friends, that is dialogue from page 306-307 in New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. I took out the ones that didn’t have dialogue tags (which weren’t that many). If you’re looking for how to write bad dialogue or how to abuse dialogue tags, read the Twilight books. Here’s a good list of Seven Keys to Writing Good Dialogue: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/09/seven-keys-to-writing-good-dialogue.html. If you’re struggling with Dialogue, that may help.

looz-y:

bwstickles:

amaringo:

timetobeadventurous:

rainbowsaola:

specsonspecs:

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

THANK YOU

BLESS YOUR COW

I-It’s not like I bookmarked this because I suck at finding synonyms, BAKA!

MY ENGLISH TEACHER GAVE ME A SHEET OF LIST OF THESE BUT ALAS, I LOST IT.

need this for brit lit

I’d like to point out that using nothing but fancy words like these can often make your writing sound cliche, cheap, and immature.

You don’t have to Gordon Lish-it (or was the constant use of “said” Carver’s idea? I don’t know. Go look it up. Particularly “The Bath” and “A Small Good Thing”) and use a dialogue tag after every single piece of dialogue, but you also shouldn’t do this:

“What more can we do?” he retorted.

“Could you…well, try to not be a…werewolf?” I suggested in a whisper.

“Like I have a choice about it!” he shouted.

“Ugh!” he groaned.

“No, you’re not!” I shouted.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” he roared.

“Be very careful, Bella,” his velvet voice warned.

“Jacob,” I pleaded.

“Killing people?” he demanded.

“That’s fine,” I promised.

Yes, friends, that is dialogue from page 306-307 in New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. I took out the ones that didn’t have dialogue tags (which weren’t that many). If you’re looking for how to write bad dialogue or how to abuse dialogue tags, read the Twilight books.

Here’s a good list of Seven Keys to Writing Good Dialogue: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/09/seven-keys-to-writing-good-dialogue.html. If you’re struggling with Dialogue, that may help.

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