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“Stop using those strange dialogue tags,” she chided (exclaimed, exhorted, quipped, chirped, opined).

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Ellen Akins

(Also, could you punctuate them properly?) This is something that exercises any number of people.  Here, for instance, is number 3 in Elmore Leonard‘s “ten tips for writers“:  Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. The line … Continue reading →

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