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bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-04-06 08:39 pm
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Decree
From now on, anyone who uses the words “quip” or “drawl” as a verb shall be slammed with a fine up to, but not exceeding, $250,000 and up to five years in jail.
Anyone who uses the words “quip” or “drawl” to describe a line of dialogue will be shot without trial.
That is all.
Anyone who uses the words “quip” or “drawl” to describe a line of dialogue will be shot without trial.
That is all.
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But I am so dependent on these for verbs and descriptions alike! There is nothing else in dialogue quite like a drawl or a quip. *flees*no subject
Mostly, I figure that if the line of dialogue is a quip, then the author need not TELL us it is a quip. You're probably good with a "said" there. (I had the habit of using a different verb for every line of dialogue, until I realized that was actually pretty confusing. Now I mostly use "say" and "ask," or do stand-alone dialogue. It's much less distracting.
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*gives up*