I always had trouble when it comes to putting interesting tags on the ends of dialogue.
I get into this habit of put words like asked, exclaimed, moaned Just basic words that aren't really that interesting. I read certain words in books like mused, thundered, insisted these are much more interesting words, but I can't seem to remember them when it comes to writing. So my point is that I was going to make a list of dialogue tags for me and other people to use when they are writing. Feel free to suggest words that aren't on the list and I'll add them I hope this is some use to people.
Words to use for shouting: angrily, thundered, bellowed, roared, shouted, yelled, boomed, barked, hollered, called, screeched, shrieked, screamed, exclaimed,
Words for crying: cried, bawled, sniffed, wept, sobbed, blubbered, sniveled, whimpered, howled, wailed, sniveled, keened, whimpered,
Words for moaning: moaned, groaned, sighed, whined, lamented, keened, complained, grumbled, griped, groused, carped,
Words for whispered: hissed, whispered, sighed, muttered, mumbled, murmured, mouthed, breathed, uttered,
Words for joyfully: happily, ecstatically, blissfully, cheerily, jubilantly, merrily, joyfully, gleefully,
Words for tiredly: Tiredly, sleepily, groggily, yawning, murmuring,
Words for thought: thought, mused, pondered, considered, supposed,
Words for mocked: jovial, sarcastic,
Feel free to suggest more words that you think of and suggest different categories. I hope this was helpful.
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