What everyone else said. laugh

I do tend to correct this one to the first example or something similar if I'm editing or GEing and spot it.

I'm a big fan of action tags, too. But my main theory is the one Pam mentioned:

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But variety is the spice of life and you need a mix of speech tags, action tags, and just plain lines of dialog. Any kind of tag gets annoying if it's used exclusively. Give the reader credit for being able to figure things out. [Smile]
A little bit of everything, usually does the trick.

I do have a problem with naked dialogue though. laugh I always have this urge to add a narrative tag. It's compulsive. When I actually manage to write a run of naked dialogue I'm so pleased with myself. goofy And I do consciously go through what I've written afterwards and remove every narrative tag I think I can get away with.

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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.

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