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Started by The Skarzs, June 03, 2015, 11:30:51 PM

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Interesting detail. This might be going off topic, but when I read The Two Towers, I noticed Tolkien rarely used anything other than "said". It might have something to do with the length of the dialogue between the characters, though.
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Quote from: Verdauga on March 25, 2020, 04:25:10 PM
Interesting detail. This might be going off topic, but when I read The Two Towers, I noticed Tolkien rarely used anything other than "said". It might have something to do with the length of the dialogue between the characters, though.
I've noticed that as well. A lot of very famous writers seem to be a fan of simply using "said".
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I also meant to add in that post that the importance of the dialogue content would change whether the author used "said". In Skarzs' example, the dialogue was used to add context to the action, while other series have used dialogue to even set the plot point in the book. I haven't read all of LotR though, so I won't use that as an example here.
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Yeah, I don't think using "said" is bad per se, it turns mostly invisible to the reader, but as a writer I hate using it because I'm like "Can't I come up with ANYTHING better than saying 'said' again?!"
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Quote from: Kade Rivok on March 25, 2020, 07:45:17 PM
"Can't I come up with ANYTHING better than saying 'said' agian?!"
Yeah, that's the biggest problem I have with such words. My editor doesn't like it when I use the same word too often either.
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