Power Up Your Fiction: 125 Tips and Techniques for Next-Level Writing (Bell on Writing) by James Scott Bell

Author:James Scott Bell [Bell, James Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Compendium Press
Published: 2023-04-22T22:00:00+00:00

Characters who “jump off the page,” who are full and rounded and, at times, unpredictable in what they both say and do, make for a truly memorable reading experience. That’s what makes fans out of readers.

Don’t Overtag Your Dialogue

When it comes to dialogue attributions, or “tags,” my advice is simple:

Use said or asked as defaults. They do their job and get out of the way.

As much as possible, make it clear from the dialogue itself, or an action beat, how someone is speaking. Then you won’t need any tag at all.

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