How to Use DIALOGUE TAGS in Your Writing (& When Not To)

How to Use DIALOGUE TAGS in Your Writing (& When Not To) | With Examples!

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@Jeremy-am 9 ай бұрын

This is excellent, especially the unedited editing and seeing your thought process when choosing the right way to phrase the sentence,

@colinmacmillan8363 8 ай бұрын

Loved the editing sequence. Especially how much you changed your mind. Just seeing your process and it all come together made me feel better about my own meandering style.

@njmanga617 9 ай бұрын

Great tutorial 🎉

@pauldturnerauthor 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, this was useful, and it was interesting to watch you edit that example text. I think it definitely improves dialogue scenes if you vary between dialogue tags, action beats and also having distinctive character voices if you can. Sometimes I do notice myself relying on the same few simple action beats like 'he nodded' or 'she frowned' to show who's speaking next if I'm trying to avoid using a dialogue tag, but I try to go back and rewrite these to find a more interesting action the character could be doing. I am also a little bit curious to know how your tale of the dead Christmas elf is going to end...😀

@ZachScottB 5 ай бұрын

I'm excited I found your channel. Thank you for making these videos!

@WritewithClaireFraise 5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you like them!!

@ATBaron 4 ай бұрын

This was an excellent tutorial. I shared this video with some of my writer friends after they asked me to critique their WIP and needed to explain dialog tags and how to use them. I love how you "tweaked" the AI-generated story at the end. I've been wanting to take out that damn elf on the shelf for years.

@WritewithClaireFraise 3 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the video!!

@michaelmontoya-og1hq 7 ай бұрын

Two thumbs up!

@alexsheckell2162 5 ай бұрын

I honestly like different dialog tags, and having people constantly tell us to cut them out is becoming almost a pet peeve, yet I know we have to do what the editors and publishers want, so I try to follow the rules. But I like things like "Tim grouched" and "Sarah laughed" and I feel like there can be a way to use them, as long as we don't make them clunky and just use way too many. It has to be balanced properly. But that's just my opinion and I mostly try to follow the rules in my book because I know that's what editors want and stuff these days.

@jeroenf1848 9 ай бұрын

Every time I write smth like "she said firmly", Stephen King yells at me in Latin in my head. Now I will also have you laughing. :D P.S. English is my third language, so the struggle is real.