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That critique about my dialogue tags actually fixed my writing
Someone in a workshop told me I was using 'whispered' 'murmured' and 'hissed' for like every line instead of just using 'said'. Got defensive at first but after re-reading my last story I counted 47 non-standard tags in 12 pages. Cut them to 5 and the pacing is way better now. Anyone else ignore feedback at first then realize it was dead on?
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the_drew7d ago
Good on you for actually going back and counting. I did the same thing once with adverbs. Painful number. Cutting those tags makes the dialogue feel faster too, like actual people talking.
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derek996d ago
Totally agreed @the_drew, cutting tags makes the pacing SO much better.
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