Emotional Beats: Out Of The Mouth…

Nicholas C. Rossis

Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, featuring Part 2 of the book: Body Parts. This post deals with what comes…

Out Of The Mouth…

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We all know that “said” is considered the perfect dialogue tag. Still, there are times when someone wishes to convey a feeling through a well-placed verb. Or a beat:

• He started babbling.
• He started prattling off every detail about [object].
• He clicked her tongue.
• He made a tsk-ing noise with his mouth.
• He smacked his lips.
• He spat the words out through gritted teeth. There was frustration and disdain wrapped up in his words.
• His words trailed off.
• She cooed at him.
• Silence enveloped us.
• Beyond that, nothing out of his mouth would…

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