Editing: What to Do with Said? And What about Contradictions?

As you may know, I have been editing my second book, and I have reached to that point it’s time to look at those “minor” things like the writing style. To be honest, I’m more of a storyteller than a linguistic poet, and my weakest point is to get that grammar and writing style up to some standards. It might be because of my dyslexia or just because of who I am. Anyway, that is beside the point. What I have been lately pondering is what to do with the dialogue tag ‘said’? And how about contrad...