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+1 to Cyn, much my answer; use a tag. I can add, I use a single "Ha!" a handful of times in a book. You can also describe the laugh in more detail; Griselda laughed, and covered her mouth as she di...
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2019-12-19T22:13:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T11:55:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
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+1 to Cyn, much my answer; use a tag. I can add, I use a single "Ha!" a handful of times in a book. You can also describe the laugh in more detail; _Griselda laughed, and covered her mouth as she did for a few seconds. "Oh my god!"_ I would increase the visual of that, there must be twenty kinds of laughing. To me this goes for all verbal sound effects; I find it off-putting in novels when an author tries to simulate the sound of screams, moaning (in pleasure or pain), singing, grunting, or inarticulate anger. Use tags, or just say "Mike grunted." Or describe them, use a metaphor, or an adjective.
#1: Imported from external source
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2019-05-19T19:46:54Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 9