SkeyeStorm's avatar
Writing fanfic's is how I learned the said-is-dead rule. Anything pre-6th grade will be mostly
"Hey [person name]!" [Person name] said.
"Oh, hey [person name]! What are you doing here?" [person name] said.
but now I know to say replied asked, yadda yadda yadda. If I use said, I add an adjective to make it sound more professional-ish.