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12503743 No.12503743 [Reply] [Original]

'x said', or 'said x'?

>> No.12503747

hath x said

>> No.12503772

So sez x

>> No.12503776

>>12503743
Thus Spake X

>> No.12503789

x said if it's used commonly (like a conversation). said x if its less frequent (like an aside in a cinematic scene). I don't know what I am talking about though

>> No.12503793

>>12503743
So sayeth x

>> No.12503800

>>12503743
I always preferred either Joycean styled dialogue or saying something like "X spoke. '本文無し'". I always found breaking up dialogue by inserting "said" to be cumbersome and unnecessary.

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>>12503776
>Thus Spake X

>> No.12503819

Checking the first chapter of Ulysses it seems "X said" is used more

>> No.12503842

said x, obviously

>> No.12503880

God tier:
>said X
>X said
>asked X/X asked
High tier
>explained X
>replied X
>whispered X
Mid tier
>X muttered
>X exclaimed
>mumbled X
Shit tier
>sighed X
>X ejaculated
>eyes flashed
>stuttered X
>>12503800
That method is even more cumbersome you retarded pseud. Fuck off.

>> No.12503885

>>12503880
cringe

>> No.12503932

This method is better:
"character1"
"character2"
"character1
"character1"
"character1"
"character2"
No direct indication that "x" character said something. You make them say something. The reader needs to figure out who is saying what by their voices, the way they speak and basic logic. "X" said and other subproducts are pure cringe.

>> No.12504016

>>12503932
*more than 2 characters have a conversation*
Your shit is only found in YA fiction.

>> No.12504049

>>12504016
YA fiction and realist literature are the ones who used "x said" and so on. I've only seen this way of handling dialogue by Andrei Bely and Yeccarthy. Of course now and then every book drops the "x said" for the dialogue, especially in simpler question and answer dialogues. But they don't go out of their way in crafting voices for their characters, just "realistic" dialogue, depending of the book. In contrast, the method should work for every dialogue and every character should have a unique voice and be easily recognizable.

>> No.12504103

>>12503743
>quoth X.

>> No.12504292

>>12503880
> ejaculated

Bronte uses this every 2 mins