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Overusing “said” in dialogue tags

03/08/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 915 Views 0 Comments bad writing habits,  editing tips,  rick taubold,  unnecessary dialogue tags,  Use of "said" in dialogue tags

From Rick: Before any of you stomp on me for the title of this post, I want to make it clear that I AM NOT ADVOCATING REPLACING “SAID” WITH OTHER WORDS as a matter of course. The purpose of this

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