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Mesg #90812 |
"RE: Ten fun writing fiction rules" |
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 Erin_M_H     |
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Member since Nov 01st 2003
31746 posts |
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Mon May-07-12 06:56 PM |
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I disagree. The narrator's POV is no less valid for the manner of someone's speech than it is for the rest of the book. If my POV character says that his Aunt Maisy hisses in his ear at church, while his cousin Delia Mae whispers words she oughtn't, that's better in both cases than "said."
Why should we as writers be told to use the precise word, to say "strode" or "ambled" or "strolled" or "limped" rather than "walked" -- and then be told to forget all about specificity and nuance for dialogue tags? Why believe they are any less important?
-- Erin ~~~~~~Signature's Off~~~~~~
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 | Ten fun writing fiction rules
[View all] , Weird Jim, Sat May-05-12 12:25 PM
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Chaos,
May 07th 2012, #1
 RE: Ten fun writing fiction rules,
Weird Jim,
May 07th 2012, #2
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Erin_M_H,
May 07th 2012 #3
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RavenCorbie,
May 07th 2012, #4
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Weird Jim,
May 08th 2012, #5
RE: Ten fun writing fiction rules,
Erin_M_H,
May 08th 2012, #6
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RavenCorbie,
May 08th 2012, #9
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bonniers,
May 08th 2012, #7
RE: Ten fun writing fiction rules,
Erin_M_H,
May 08th 2012, #8
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CatrinP,
May 09th 2012, #10
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Weird Jim,
May 11th 2012, #11
Hissing,
RavenCorbie,
May 11th 2012, #12
RE: Hissing,
 MarFisk,
May 14th 2012, #14
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godpantsminus,
May 12th 2012, #13
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mpv.muthu,
Aug 11th 2012, #15
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Laevus,
Aug 13th 2012, #16
RE: Ten fun writing fiction rules,
Weird Jim,
Aug 13th 2012, #17
RE: Ten fun writing fiction rules,
Laevus,
Aug 13th 2012, #18
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