Dialogue is important to a story; however, the conversations you allow your characters to have need to have a purpose.
Good dialogue should do the following:
1. show relationships between characters
2. move the story forward
3. create tension or increase tension
There are also a variety of words one can use instead of "said." Here is a short list. I am sure you can find more.
acknowledged, admitted, agreed, answered, argued, asked, barked, begged, bellowed, blustered, bragged, complained, confessed, cried, demanded, denied, giggled, hinted, hissed, howled, interrupted, laughed, lied, mumbled, muttered, nagged, pleaded, promised, questioned, remembered, replied, requested, roared, sang, screamed, screeched, shouted, sighed, snarled, sobbed, threatened, warned, whimpered, whined, whispered, wondered, yelled
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