Tag: Show Don’t Tell

  • Dialogue Tags, Emotion, and How to Add Power to Your Writing

    Dialogue Tags, Emotion, and How to Add Power to Your Writing
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    Writers ask me all kinds of questions during the editing process, but one that comes up again and again is this: “When I do use dialogue tags, can I use them to show emotion?” It’s a great question, and the answer is both simple and freeing. The Short Version Simple tags keep your dialogue clean.… Read more