Three Ways To Do Dialogue Attributes Wrong

One of the first novels I wrote, when I was, ye gods, twelve or thirteen, I don't remember (or I have thankfully blanked the memory from my brain) was Star Trek fanfic.

On the first draft, the dialogue looked something like this:

"Maybe the attacker was a Klingon," said Kirk.
"That is not logical, Captain," said Spock.
"But he looked like a Klingon," said Kirk.
"But then he turned into a furry white snow monster," said Spock.
"That's what puzzles me," said Kirk.

And so on.

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