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When you read the dialogue exchange in the screenshot, do you find so many instances of “said” intrusive? I do. And in audiobook form, repetitive dialogue tags are REALLY intrusive. You’ve probably read or been told that “said” is a perfectly good dialogue tag and a much better choice than littering dialogue with vivid tags, like “he exclaimed,” “he whined,” “she yelled,” “she quipped.” That’s true. “Said” is a better choice because it doesn’t call attention to itself as the

Greetings from The San Francisco Writers Conference where hundreds of authors and authors-to-be are milling about. 🍾✍🏽 Lots of memoirists here, and yesterday during a panel, I thought of a practical exercise to help memoir writers learn to put their natural speaking voices on the page. 🍸 Try this: Pretend you and your best friend are sitting on a very comfortable couch, and you’re well into a martini. (Even if you don’t drink alcohol, you can probably imagine how this can

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