Great advice. I start stumbling with lots of dialogue just with the: he said, she replied, he answered, she said, yelled, gasped... I kind of start losing the flow of my writing when I try to capture that part of the dialogue. I know I just need to practice more. I will make more effort to focus on dialogue for a while, just to feel more comfortable with it.
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My writing instructors told me to stop using all the extras, and stick to the basics- he said, she replied, she said. By simplifying and eliminating the he retorted and she bellowed I found it really did clean up the page, as well as helped the reader flow through the dialogue in a natural pace.