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Q&A Ways to reduce the -ing verbs in dialogue and action tags?

I find myself writing these a lot: "Thanks." She tilted her head shyly to the side. As soon as she did, her chin-length hair slid off her face, revealing the bowl-sized bruise that made her...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by alex‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:47:09Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/29285
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar alex‭ · 2019-12-08T06:47:09Z (about 5 years ago)
I find myself writing these a lot:

> "Thanks." She tilted her head shyly to the side. As soon as she did, her chin-length hair slid off her face, **revealing the bowl-sized bruise that made her tiny eye look enormous.**
> 
> "Does it hurt?" I indicated her eyepatch tatoo with one hand, **passing her the pen drive with the other.**

How to avoid them?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-07-19T10:04:21Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 3