Words To Use Instead of Said (Advanced Version)
Reminder to use these sparingly and not every line of dialogue needs a dialogue tag.
To Say Something Quietly:
whispered
murmured
breathed
sighed
simpered
hummed
mumbled
muttered
To Say Something Loudly:
exclaimed
cried
squealed
shrieked
shouted
bellowed
roared
declared
declared
proclaimed
hollered
To Say Something Angrily:
snapped
snarled
growled
barked
grumbled
complained
huffed
nagged
blustered
thundered
seethed
fumed
ranted
demanded
taunted
scoffed
cursed
grunted
insulted
hissed
badgered
sneered
To Say Something In An Amused Manner:
laughed
chuckled
giggled
joked
quipped
teased
cheered
crowed
To Say Something Unsurely // Nervously:
faltered
stammered
stuttered
hesitated
guessed
blurted
trembled
speculated
quivered
equivocated
denied
countered
babbled
slurred
squeaked
yelped
cautioned
gulped
squales
quavered
hesitated
trailed off
The use of action tags will make your writing more interesting and creates variety in conversation-filled scenes. Make sure to add both in your writing and do your best not to over do it.
Reminder: When using action tags that aren’t one word, always use periods instead of commas. Example:
“Idiot,” Camille rolled her eyes out of annoyance, continuing to file her nails. Wrong.
“Idiot.” Camille rolled her eyes out of annoyance, continuing to file her nails. Correct.
Positive:
smiled
grinned
smirked
beamed
his eyes twinkled
flashed a chesire smile
looked pleased
her ears reddened
his cheeks flushed
the corner of her lips tugged up
Neutral:
crossed her arms
folded their arms
blew their hair out his their face
twirled her hair around her finger
massaged his temples
bit her lip
chewed the insides of her cheek
batted his eyes
angled her head
tousled his hair
nodded in agreement
feigned confusion
Negative:
clenched his fist
dug her nails into her palm
picked at his nails
glared
narrowed her gaze
withheld his anger
his head pounded with anger
You can mix and match, using a dialogue and an action tag as well. Example: Dialogue, Action.
“I don’t think I can,” she stammered, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
If anyone’s gonna appreciate my sudden obsession with Baby Girl Bucky Barnes it’s tumblr
Anyway please enjoy these drawings I’ve made
Are they still just besties if they occasionally sleep in the same bed, yearn to be around one another 99% of the time, have dreams about each other that range from relatively provocative to just straight up porn, stare longingly into each others eyes from time to time, have touches that linger and tingle, "fake" flirt with one another, call each other pet names when teasing, and trauma bond together?
dead man walking
[ -> prints 💙 ]
Shepard/Garrus
In their under-armor-suit(that I made up because I have no idea what they look like)
I don't even know what to say.
My brain connected Shepard and Garrus to that one post and I was simply possessed to draw it.
Okay I JUST realized I never posted these on here—- BUT BASICALLY, about a year and a half ago I started doing these experimental black hairstyle posts that were threads long on Twitter, to give artists a source of inspo for their black ocs whose hair they wanted to try something new with! There’s more to black hair than just the selected styles portrayed in media, and I thought it would be fun to show people how much texture, shape, fades, length, and style can be combined when drawing black hair—-cause it’s a kind of manipulation our hair can do irl! The OG thread from when I made these a year ago were lost with the hacking of my original Twitter account (@/bagels_donuts) but I’ve since reuploaded the whole thread to my new Twitter (@/ItsDonutsFR)! I hope artists on tumblr find these useful, sorry it took me so long to post them here😭🙏🏾 I’ll upload them all in parts!
Part 1: Long masc hairstyles + playing with fades
"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.
"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"
"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."
"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."
"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.
"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."
"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."
"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.
"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.
"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."
"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."
"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."
call me mimi or ñaño. he/him. 25 y.o.creative crawling out of a slump.love romance, fantasy, horror, and stories that revolve around trans bipoc.
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