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		By: Judy Penz Sheluk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Penz Sheluk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 03:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4993&quot;&gt;Mo Walsh&lt;/a&gt;.

You nailed it Mo!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4993">Mo Walsh</a>.</p>
<p>You nailed it Mo!</p>
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		By: Mo Walsh		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mo Walsh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 02:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Even more impossible than &quot;hissing&quot; a sentence is performing an action that does not produce sound. Usually a comma is used instead of a period or, of course, &quot;said.&quot; EX: &quot;I think I sprained my ankle,&quot; Bob winced. &quot;You&#039;re always pretending an injury,&quot; Ann smiled. &quot;But what if it&#039;s real this time? We could all be stuck here,&quot; Tina imagined.

&quot;Don&#039;t you agree?&quot; she asked quizzically.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even more impossible than &#8220;hissing&#8221; a sentence is performing an action that does not produce sound. Usually a comma is used instead of a period or, of course, &#8220;said.&#8221; EX: &#8220;I think I sprained my ankle,&#8221; Bob winced. &#8220;You&#8217;re always pretending an injury,&#8221; Ann smiled. &#8220;But what if it&#8217;s real this time? We could all be stuck here,&#8221; Tina imagined.</p>
<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you agree?&#8221; she asked quizzically.</p>
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		By: Judy Penz Sheluk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Penz Sheluk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4991&quot;&gt;Widdershins&lt;/a&gt;.

This is how I would handle chortled as well. Thanks for dropping by!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4991">Widdershins</a>.</p>
<p>This is how I would handle chortled as well. Thanks for dropping by!</p>
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		By: Widdershins		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I tend to be spare with dialogue tags in general , but &#039;said&#039;, is my go-to

... as to your example ...
I would put the chortle first ...  like this ... 

Gabe chortled. &quot;That&#039;s absurd!&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I tend to be spare with dialogue tags in general , but &#8216;said&#8217;, is my go-to</p>
<p>&#8230; as to your example &#8230;<br />
I would put the chortle first &#8230;  like this &#8230; </p>
<p>Gabe chortled. &#8220;That&#8217;s absurd!&#8221;</p>
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		By: Judy Penz Sheluk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Penz Sheluk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 15:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4989&quot;&gt;D. Wallace Peach&lt;/a&gt;.

It is all a delicate balance, isn&#039;t it D. Wallace? I&#039;ve been known to sneak in a &quot;replied&quot; and ... gasp! Even an &quot;explained.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4989">D. Wallace Peach</a>.</p>
<p>It is all a delicate balance, isn&#8217;t it D. Wallace? I&#8217;ve been known to sneak in a &#8220;replied&#8221; and &#8230; gasp! Even an &#8220;explained.&#8221;</p>
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		By: D. Wallace Peach		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 15:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve beat &quot;stated, commented, explained&quot; out of my vocabulary for the most part. But I&#039;ll admit that &quot;shouted and whispered&quot; are tougher for me to eradicate. One of my biggest challenges is when there&#039;s a section of short bits of quick dialog between multiple characters. Action beats slow the pace down dramatically, but said-said-said can create an annoying echo. I try to break it up but may end up sneaking a &quot;replied&quot; in there. :-)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve beat &#8220;stated, commented, explained&#8221; out of my vocabulary for the most part. But I&#8217;ll admit that &#8220;shouted and whispered&#8221; are tougher for me to eradicate. One of my biggest challenges is when there&#8217;s a section of short bits of quick dialog between multiple characters. Action beats slow the pace down dramatically, but said-said-said can create an annoying echo. I try to break it up but may end up sneaking a &#8220;replied&#8221; in there. 🙂</p>
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		By: Judy Penz Sheluk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Penz Sheluk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 14:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4986&quot;&gt;DonnaRae Menard&lt;/a&gt;.

DonnaRae, that seems to be what Kevin Kwan does, and it certainly works for him. I&#039;m afraid I&#039;m in the Leonard camp, though (and the camp of your copy editor). Thanks for commenting.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4986">DonnaRae Menard</a>.</p>
<p>DonnaRae, that seems to be what Kevin Kwan does, and it certainly works for him. I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;m in the Leonard camp, though (and the camp of your copy editor). Thanks for commenting.</p>
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		By: Judy Penz Sheluk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Penz Sheluk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 14:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4985&quot;&gt;john howell&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks for chiming in, John. I agree we don&#039;t use names unless we are trying to make a point. Whenever I was in trouble, my mother would say, &quot;Judy, you are...&quot; but certainly not in casual conversation. Not sure what you mean by using beats. Can you give a couple of examples?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.judypenzsheluk.com/2022/02/12/lets-talk-about-writing-dialogue-tags/#comment-4985">john howell</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks for chiming in, John. I agree we don&#8217;t use names unless we are trying to make a point. Whenever I was in trouble, my mother would say, &#8220;Judy, you are&#8230;&#8221; but certainly not in casual conversation. Not sure what you mean by using beats. Can you give a couple of examples?</p>
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		By: DonnaRae Menard		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 13:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I only use odd tags, not said,  if I want to make sure you see where the speaker&#039;s head is. I have a copy editor, who keeps trying to change them. Drives me nuts. If you like Elmore Leonard, read Bandits.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I only use odd tags, not said,  if I want to make sure you see where the speaker&#8217;s head is. I have a copy editor, who keeps trying to change them. Drives me nuts. If you like Elmore Leonard, read Bandits.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 13:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well said, Judy. Two days a week I write stories with 100 percent dialogue and no tags at all. I took a class that Elmore Leonard taught and his dialogue rules were pounded into me. In my books, I don&#039;t use tags either. I use beats to make sure the reader knows who is talking. One other annoyance is when a writer uses the name of the person being addressed in the dialogue. We humans just don&#039;t do that in real life so the challenge is to use other techniques to identify the speaker and the emotions. A more difficult task. Thanks for this.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said, Judy. Two days a week I write stories with 100 percent dialogue and no tags at all. I took a class that Elmore Leonard taught and his dialogue rules were pounded into me. In my books, I don&#8217;t use tags either. I use beats to make sure the reader knows who is talking. One other annoyance is when a writer uses the name of the person being addressed in the dialogue. We humans just don&#8217;t do that in real life so the challenge is to use other techniques to identify the speaker and the emotions. A more difficult task. Thanks for this.</p>
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