ext_39057 ([identity profile] lerdo.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] only_more_love 2008-03-06 02:14 pm (UTC)

Of course you're not crazy. :) Different people like and dislike different things. I notice those actions-as-dialog-tags bits, and they take me out of the story. They call my attention to the writing--in a bad and distracting way--because they don't make sense to me. I can't conceive of someone grinning or shrugging a line of dialogue. To me it seems physically impossible, so it doesn't work for me. Other people may not even notice.

Opinions are a dime a dozen. ;)

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