Not sure if any of you heard of this before, but just thought to share it with all aspiring writers...
NaNoWriMo(Found it while sorting through my old links... Remembered the fun I had... Check out their forums...)
An excerpt from NaNoWriMo forum:
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Originally posted by: "Mala"
Don't use synonims for'said', they just sound amateurish. Just make it clear who's speaking.
"Jesus! It's the Feds," said Bert.
"The Feds?" Ernie went pale.
"They musta heard about our stash."
"Hide it! Burn it! Flush it away!"
Bert was hanging out the window. "They got guns!"
"We got guns too. Guns *and* drugs!"
and so on. Mind you, one of my favourite uses of those synonims for 'said' was Ring Lardner's, when he wrote:
[color=blue]"Shut up," he explained.
