Timeline for I'm getting tired of "he said" "she said" in dialogue; how do I get around it?
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| Nov 15, 2013 at 18:24 | comment | added | Seth Gordon | I do, however, feel some affection for one particular “said”-alternative: “I love you more than life itself,” he lied. | |
| Apr 12, 2013 at 22:52 | comment | added | JMcAfreak | Yeah, I've only found a few places where I need to use something other than said. Also, you can avoid its use entirely (including who said what) if it's obvious who is doing the speaking (like when two people are in a room, and a new thing is said by someone in response to what the first person says). | |
| Jun 23, 2011 at 11:53 | comment | added | Robusto | This is my feeling as well. "Said" is an invisible word that doesn't get in the way of good dialogue, whereas screeched, shrilled, and so on simply call attention to the writer's inability to elicit emotion inside the quotes. | |
| Jun 22, 2011 at 12:05 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | I do like to mix up my dialogue tags, but it's true; "said" really becomes invisible in short order. Don't be afraid of it. | |
| Jun 22, 2011 at 6:07 | comment | added | kindall | Yeah. Kind of like the crossword clue: "Four-letter word meaning 'intercourse', ends in K... oh, TALK!" | |
| Jun 22, 2011 at 4:59 | comment | added | Standback | That word used to also have a more innocuous meaning... Before people decided it was just so darn handy for describing one thing and one thing only. | |
| Jun 22, 2011 at 2:22 | comment | added | RolandiXor | Thanks! "he ej..." um... couldn't they use something less offensive (mentally)? | |
| Jun 22, 2011 at 1:17 | history | answered | kindall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |