Wildpaw1

    Writers use dialogue all the time. But often, the dialogue tag -- the verb outside the quotations -- is just a simple "said." (I know; I'm guilty of doing this plenty of times.) While "said" can be great to get your point across quickly, dialogue tags present a great opportunity for description, and "said" certainly doesn't have much descriptive power! That being -- well -- said, nothing is wrong with "said;" it's just that there are ways to make it better. So to hopefully help some of you out, I've compiled a list of different words that can be used to replace "said." I've tried to stay away from words that don't show speech (for example

    Sans had been pacing for what felt like hours. The rhythmic shuffling of his slippers hitting the floor was the only thing he allowed to break the silence of the house. Any other noise might make him have a panic attack at this point. It was all he could do to concentrate on his steps.    Shff shff shff shff!    He forced himself to breathe with them. In on the first step, hold on the second step, out on the third step, hold on the fourth step. In. Stop. Out. Stop. In. Stop. Out. Stop. It gave him something to concentrate on when his thoughts started swimming too much.    He hated it when Papyrus did this - came home late from practi

~~~~~~~~~~~~ This was NOT the summer vacation that Danny Fenton had in mind, taking a trip to Jasper Nevada for a few months with his parents was defiantly not part of the plan. It was bad enough that his friends couldn't tag along, they had stayed behind in Amity Park because their folks wouldn't allow it. That left his two best friends Sam and Tucker to do ghost patrol, Hopefully his friends could handle it before he got back, plus, there was the Red Huntress hunting ghosts also. He just hoped that nothing big will turn up like Skulker, Technus, Ember, Freak show (who screwed up half their vacation a few months back), Vortex or Plasmius a.

Tucker, Sam, Jazz and Andy cheered from the inside of the vehicle as Danny broke through and then turned to look at the five-year-old. "That was a great idea, Andy!" Tucker laughed as Jazz hugged her nephew. "You're a great addition to the team!" Andy smiled proudly until he noticed something black headed their way. When he looked through the windshield again, he recognized it to be a giant black dragon. He gasped and pointed ahead. "The big bad ghost is comin' to get us!" he shouted, catching everyone's attention. Tucker shouted in fright and immediately put the car into drive and stepped on the gas. He managed to turn away only moments b