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Bad guide
It is an extremely rookie writer mistake to try to use fancier words than “said” for most dialogue. It distracts.
There are tons of blog posts about this.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/most-common-writing-mistakes-pt-45/
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/keep-it-simple-keys-to-realistic-dialogue-part-ii
https://www.writershearth.com/post/3-reasons-to-use-said-when-writing-dialogue
That’s what the first sentence in the image says too
Make it 477, they missed “ejaculated”
This makes me really said.
Doja Cat’s rejoinder:
I might be naive, but what’s wrong with “said”?
When writing it is repetitive and somewhat lazy when you could provide more interesting ways to indicate a character is being quoted and the way in which they are delivering that line.
Though it’s also often taken as indicative of an unseasoned scribe to pepper their prose with extraneous adjectives and superfluous synonyms.
Good writers use all their tools to measured effect.
I agree. Several authors and editors I follow have recommended using ‘said’ and ‘asked’ for the majority of your writing. They are basically invisible to readers; just subconscious tags at this point. Using different words in every sentence is distracting.
