Answer: Attribution Verbs in Dialogue

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alethiaxx asks: What is acceptable/unacceptable in terms of attribution verbs in dialogue? ("spoke", "spat", "laughed", "questioned")

With examples from Stargate SG-1:

Comments

[la_dame_du_lac]

Oh thank you for this article. It's exactly my thoughts on this. One of the most amusing examples of overuse of descriptive dialogue words can be found in the "Twilight" novels. I was in hysterics when I got through multiple pages of "he smirked" "I growled" "he muttered" "I whispered" etc.