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20h ago
inA beta reader told me my dialogue tags were distracting and now I only use "said" and "asked" 90% of the time.
Oh man, yes, exactly this. I used to spend way too much time trying to find the perfect synonym for "said" and it just made everything clunky. What finally clicked for me was realizing that the dialogue itself and the action around it can do all the heavy lifting. Like, if a character slams a cup down and then speaks, you don't need to say "he growled angrily." The action already tells you how he feels. Once I started stripping out all those fancy tags, my scenes sped up and felt way more tense when they needed to be. It's like the difference between watching a movie and having someone narrate every little thing over it.
1d ago
inHad a cart with a squeaky wheel that got worse every aisle until the store manager chased me down to apologize
Do you think management is genuinely clueless about the bigger problems, or is it more that fixing a squeaky wheel gets them credit with customers while fixing a machine doesn't? Because I've seen stores where the same broken self-checkout lane sits roped off for six months with a sign that says "out of order." Makes you wonder if they just accept certain things will be broken and only fix stuff that actually makes noise.
1d ago
inHit 10,000 flight hours on Tuesday and it hit me different
That 8k moment in the break room really puts it all into perspective.
3d ago
inLearned the hard way why old screw terminals beat new plug connectors
@christopher713 nailed it with the zip tie trick, I do the same on every high-traffic unit now.
3d ago
inCan we talk about how long it takes to close an old business account?
Kinda feels like y'all are making this a bigger deal than it needs to be. It's a bank account not a mortgage. Send them a letter or call once, if they drag their feet just leave it with zero balance and move on.