Example of a writing author tag definition
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Opinion: If You Need Fancy Dialogue Tags, There&#;s Something Wrong with Your Writing
Jim Giammatteo, indie author of over 70 books, shares his best advice on writing dialogue
Dialogue tags are always a controversial topic among writers. While some like to ring the changes with a wide vocabulary, Giacomo Giammatteo, indie author of over 70 self-published books, makes the case for keeping dialogue tags simple, and explains his reasoning. See if you agree&#;
In an attempt to sound or make it appear as if they are experienced authors, many writers use ridiculous dialogue tags when they shouldn’t.
What do I mean? The answer is simple.
I’m going to provide a list of acceptable tags (a list provided to students for reference), but it’s not a list I’d recommend using. (I looked through some published books and found every one of these, and it didn’t take me too long. I had to peruse about 18 books, but eventually I found them all.)
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A character tag is a word, phrase, description, trait, or concept repeatedly associated with a specific character.
Purpose of Character Tags in Fiction
There are several purposes for character tags:
- Tags help define a character, making him more distinct, more individualized from other characters in the story.
- Tags work as identifiers--they make it easier for the audience to quickly identify a character.
- Tags help with recall. When used appropriately, a character tag allows the reader to immediately recall the character, his traits, personality, and mannerisms.
Character tags can be particularly useful for flat characters and characters with small roles, who are often only defined bygd a few features, but tags can also be useful for round characters and characters with major roles.
They're especially important when working with a large cast of characters, because they allow the audience to easily keep track of who is who.
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Integrating Other Writer's Work: Attributive Tags
Also called “signal phrases,” attributive tags help you integrate what you’ve read into what you’re writing. These "tags" allow you to give credit to the work of others and to let readers know how and where your writing builds on that work. You see them all the time. For example:
"Often those who know the most about a particular topic are among the least effective at explaining it. Greer and Johnson refer to this phenomenon as an “expert blind spot'" in their article, "When Knowing Interferes: Expert Knowelege and Classroom Communication."
And another example:
According to Wallenstein, educational psychologists overwhelmingly agree that traumatic events disrupt learning long after the fact ().
Such phrases are simple enough, but they do important rheotrical work. They provide connective tissue between your thinking and wr