The Official Inheritance Spork, Part 4: King Cat

[mage_apprentice]

Hello, everyone! About time I posted this. Let’s hope I won’t screw this over like that whole “Majesty” affair. Let’s begin by boring all of you to death with a quote~

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[distinctvaguens]

Hehe Second Person is fun for writing Choose Your Own Adventure stories. Lots of style variations to say the least.

Honestly, what I do for said and the silly saidbookisms, (see: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SaidBookism) is just whatever I want. I don't always dialogue tag, and I use said pretty often. Mainly if its not needing any more forced flavor. If it seems like I can add more meaning without it dragging the pace down, I'll briefly emphasize tone or body language, but almost never with metaphors. (anti-Paolini developed trait)

If there is straight dialogue between 2 people I only mix in dialogue tags every so often at important parts of the conversation. If 3 or more people are involved, the tags are almost required for comprehension. I'd say it's something you develop a sense for if you consider it and until it becomes overbearing one way or the other you're fine. I don't know what the "rules" are but I think its a subjective thing.