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Example: "Exactly." John scratched the nape of his neck. It had a faint, purple blotch I hadn't noticed before. Probably sunburn. "Our lives began in the sea, and will probably end on land....
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T04:36:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Alexandro Chen
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2019-12-08T04:36:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
Example: > "Exactly." John scratched the nape of his neck. It had a faint, purple blotch I hadn't noticed before. Probably sunburn. "Our lives began in the sea, and will probably end on land." > > "Exactly." John scratched the nape of his neck. It had a faint, purple blotch I hadn't noticed before. Probably sunburn. "Our lives began in the sea, and will probably end on land." > > "Exactly. Our lives began in the sea, and will probably end on land." John scratched the nape of his neck. It had a faint, purple blotch I hadn't noticed before. Probably sunburn. > > John scratched the nape of his neck. It had a faint, purple blotch I hadn't noticed before. Probably sunburn. "Exactly. Our lives began in the sea, and will probably end on land." Do the three examples give a different message to the reader? These are my conclusions so far: - Shorter action tags gives more focus to the dialogue. - Longer action tags distract attention from the dialogue. - Action tags that are placed before the dialogue affect the dialogue in a stronger way. - Action tags that are placed after the dialogue affect the dialogue in a lesser way. But I'm probably wrong, that's why I decided to write this question.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-09-03T11:42:50Z (about 9 years ago)
Original score: 2