Tag: dialogue

TC Boyle Week #5–Dealing with dialogue and tags

Jun 13, 2013

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by

Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, nonfiction, novels, short stories, writing technique

A common problem with dialogue? Too many tags, or tags that are just a bit hokey. Here’s an example of the problem: “Yes,” she said. “No!” he exclaimed. “Why?” she inquired. “Because we have to get out of the rain and under cover,” he said, inTENTly. And so on, and so on, and….…