In the spirit of
last week's discussion, I realized there is more to think about when writing dialogue.
Dialogue Tags: Popular wisdom says not to add any tag after dialogue besides "said" or "asked." Now, I don't always follow popular wisdom, and I will put in a whispered or something on rare occasion, but like regional dialect we discussed last week, this should be kept to a minimum. The reason for this is "said" and "asked" become invisible words. The reader's mi...
Published on July 30, 2012 03:00