How do I find alternatives for things like "he said" "they said" etc? When writing dialogue?

How do I find alternatives for things like "he said" "they said" etc? When writing dialogue?

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if you're writing about upcoming soundcloud rappers just change every instance of "he said" to "he mumbled"
hope that helps

"thusly he spake" at the end of a sentence is a good one.

Quoth he.

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he niggled out a couple breathy words

Thanks for the help

he said is invisible, use anything else sparingly

Don't. It's the mark of an insecure amateur.

you don't. its a writing rule.

inquit, ait

Replied, inquired, responded, shit himself, etc.

Just leave it out like Cormac McCarthy

The real mark of an amateur is thinking there are "rules"

the amateur does not care about rules, as the word implies he does something for the joy of doing something.

Real chads make their own rules and others follow.

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If your readers can't figure out who said what, then you're not good at writing characters.

real chads don't write, virginboi

>real chads don't write

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You learn the rules so you know how to break them, also for understanding audience education

Just omit it and start another quote if it's a dialogue senpai

“Hey”
“Hi”
“What are you doing?”
“Nothing”

etc

Take a deep look at the authors you think nailed dialogue in their respective works and see what they got right.

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If its ping pong dialogue it should be clear from context.

He said, "blah blah..."
Surprised, she said, " blah blah..."
"But blah!"
"Blah blah."
Etc.

You can also break the monony by describing their faces/reactions.

"Susan, taken aback, whispered in a cautious tone. "Blah balh..."

Read a bunch of short stories by different authors and note how they deal with it

You only need to establish a speaker once. If you're writing a basic string of dialogue, "he said," will appear solely to designate which of your two characters has started the conversation. From there, if you dislike the sounds of ping-pong dialogue, you can measure the rhythm with instances of action between the dialogue; though it's important to make sure this action reflects the character of the character, versus simply being something to fill space (a common example being characters who "take a puff of their cigarette," or something similarly banal).

Don't worry so much about variety. If the characters have something to say, the dialogue will naturally properl it forward. So long as you have successfully kept the identity of the speaker attached, "He/She said" won't be an issue.