Website review: Other Words for Said
LordAwesome discovered this in Writing
•49 reviews since Feb 11, 2007
writing, said, linguistics
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LordAwesome discovered 17 months ago- Ooh.
- JamesRaith rated 3 days ago
- There's nothing wrong with using 'said'. Many of these attributions are unnecessary.
- tbhurst rated 13 days ago
- other words for 'said'....nice!
- jacobtriffo rated 4 months ago
- so, basically its a list of words for you to use because you suck at writing dialog and have to portray emotion outside of it. seriously, using any of those words in a story is nothing short of literary suicide
- outsidethebox rated 5 months ago
- These words are really unneeded. The way something is said should be clear from the context and content of what is being said, rather than the word attached to the dialogue.
- Jefflengyel rated 6 months ago
- Although this is a neat list people need to use 'said' more in their writing, not less.
- slocum77a rated 7 months ago
- ... and said is fine enough, thank you very much.
- KaminaLIVES rated 7 months ago
- If you want good, solid writing, just use the word "said". Anything else tends to distract from the writing.
- HSIanalystcde rated 10 months ago
- other words for said. good resource
- gregux rated 10 months ago
- A nice list, but should be used sparingly. There's nothing wrong with using "he said" or "she said" at the end of a line of dialogue. Overuse of these words is a violation of the Show, don't tell rule of writing.
- Markeda01 rated 11 months ago
- While some of the words are stretches, this is a semi-decent list. As others have said, you shouldn't even need "said" all that often if your writing is good, but everybody needs a place to start, and expanding your vocabulary for "said" is a decent place to start, as it will help get you thinking in more descriptive methods.
Of course, there will always be a place for "said" and there will always be people who use the wrong word for the wrong effect, but these people are beyond help usually, anyway.
Anyway, as was also mentioned, a thesaurus is one of the best friends any writer can have. - While some of the words are stretches, this is a semi-decent list. As others have said, you shouldn't even need "said" all that often if your writing is good, but everybody needs a place to start, and expanding your vocabulary for "said" is a decent place to start, as it will help get you thinking in more descriptive methods.
