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Old 07-24-2011, 11:08 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Xanthe View Post
To test how it sounds, have someone read the dialog aloud to you. It really illuminates the overuse of "he said/she said" in a story. I've found that out from listening to audiobooks; it becomes mind-numbing after a while. As a reader, I prefer action tags.
When you say "action tag", do you mean a description of what the characters are doing, rather than use of adverbs?
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