Thursday, January 9, 2020

creative writing - Is it correct to use verbs like "sighed" and "laughed" as dialogue tags?


In other words, is it correct to write something like this:



"Oh," he laughed. "Sorry, I'm not sure what's with me today."



(Every time I see something like this, I think: "How is this peson laughing an talking at the same time? But other times seems OK for me. Strange.)


as an shorter version of this?




"Oh," he said with a laugh. "Sorry, I'm not sure what's with me today."


"Oh," he said laughing. "Sorry, I'm not sure what's with me today."



Other example:



"OK," she said with a sigh. "Just this time."


"OK," she said, sighing. "Just this time."


"OK," she sighed. "Just this time."



Because I've noticed by dialogues are cluttering with "withs" all of the sudden.





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