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Unpopular opinion: I am completely fine with authors tagging their dialogue with 'replied' 'retorted' 'growled' 'chuckled' 'muttered' 'remarked' or anything other than 'said'. Endless repetitions of 'said' do nothing for me, and god forbid that you just give up tagging altogether.
— Mar 24, 2019 10:23AM
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I have witnessed 'experts' (who haven't written a book in their dismal lives) proclaiming that the use of synonyms for 'said' is to be discouraged. What utter claptrap!
A book that continually reads 'he said', 'she said', 'we said', 'they said', shows a distinct lack of authorial flair and creativity. I would much rather see dialogue tagged with 'whooped; enthused; purred; brayed; harrumphed; ventured; barked; rasped; chirruped...' (I could go on all day).
Your 'unpopular opinion' is extremely popular with me, Nick.
"Well said!" he said.