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Originally Posted by Hitch
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Whereas you look at, say, Robert B Parker, he could have omitted any dialogue tags and you'd STILL have known whether it was Spenser or Hawk (or the ubiquitous and vexing Susan, who I always wished would get run over by a runaway bean truck).
Hitch
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I agree about adding frequent-enough attributions. And I love Robert B Parker. But in every book of his, I find myself wondering why he felt the need to include every possible attribution. I guess it became a kind of trademark after a while. Probably the trouble with being so famous.
Teressa
