![]() Here is a link I use to help myself with this rule and figuring out when to break it: September C Fawkes Article “I thought that was your thing, Sidestep.” Ortega is one of the few who know the secret of your martial - I’m late to your thread but I bring an offering that should be a valuable resource for you and others concerned about the “said” rule of writing. “It can sense where you’ll be before you’re there,” you explain, hiding your smile. But they are growing wise to your manipulations, and you can’t keep this up forever. Rats, I think.” In fact, you can feel them scurrying on the edges of your mind the only reason they haven’t found your position yet is that you keep redirecting their attention. The aiming mechanism is controlled by a pentacle of linked rodent brains. “It’s got an organic telepathic interface. “That plasma cannon he’s lugging around doesn’t rely on his reflexes alone.” “And I bet I can dodge faster than he can aim.” Ortega might not be playing in the same weight class with $ hands, lightning playing around them. His armor is equipped with ordnance almost as heavy as Psychopathor’s: the smoking hole in the old monster’s shoulder is testament to that. Steel was the one among you who had a shot at actually hurting the old monster. Nothing you have done so far has been able to breach that armor. ![]() You can hurt people, stun them, maybe even kill them if you ever turned the dial up to the maximum setting-but it wouldn’t even tickle Psychopathor. Your gun, while top of the line, is just an energy caster. “If you get an opening, do you think you can hurt him?” you ask, pulling out your gun. It includes: 1 ask, 1 say, 1 explain, 5 untagged. A lot of the time, dialogue tags are not really needed to follow the flow of the discussion. But honestly why would you?Īlmost everything I used are said and asked (with some explained and whispered). You can technically write "Those birds are following us," he hypothesized. These words are too academic for effortless reading. Interjected, ejaculated, mentioned, enunciated, articulated, chattered, opineed, reasoned, insinuated Some words I stay away from entirely because they break immersion: I personally really only use other words when I want to convey a change in volume or emotion and even then I keep to simple words as to not pull the reader from the story. Therefore, when you don’t use ‘said’ it should be meaningful. If three or more, you have to make it clear who is saying what, and ‘said’ or ‘asked’ are words almost completely bypassed by the brain of the common reader – all most readers look for is the name or description of the speaker to attribute the dialog. ![]() If only two people are talking, it can often be omitted. To focus back on the topic, I use ‘said’ and ‘asked’ only when the speaker is not clear. Yay! Learn something nude every day, I say. ![]()
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