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Long story short: I default to simple words like "Said" in dialogue much too often. I'm hesitant to abuse the thesaurus due to advice I've been given, as well. Slightly longer version: When I'm wr...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T10:43:00Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41659 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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MetalBeardman
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2019-12-08T10:43:00Z (about 5 years ago)
Long story short: I default to simple words like "Said" in dialogue much too often. I'm hesitant to abuse the thesaurus due to advice I've been given, as well. Slightly longer version: When I'm writing dialogue it tends to go back and forth with simple descriptors like "He said" and "She replied" much too often. I've been told by a writer I...admittedly don't hold a very high opinion of that if I resort to a thesaurus or "Word things too fancy" people will find me pretentious and widely pan me. I know it's probably bad advice, and I'd rather seek the advice of people more knowledgeable on the subject. PS: I do not seek traditional publishing for my writing. I'm taking the path of the "Free Web Novel". I don't know if this actually affects anything, but figured it might be pertinent. Forgive typos I haven't caught, still adjusting to a new keyboard.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-01-27T08:47:23Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 2