Attribution
Who spoke and how — said, whispered; keep invisible unless rhythm needs help.
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Glossaries · Dialogue & voice
Speech, subtext, and distinctive narrative voice.
Who spoke and how — said, whispered; keep invisible unless rhythm needs help.
Shifting language register or dialect by context — marks identity and tension.
A stretch of exchange that performs one story function (reveal, deflect, bond).
Adverb on a speech tag — often redundant if the line already carries tone.
Backstory or world facts spoken aloud — works when conflict forces the speech, not when recapping for the reader.
Distinct speech habits that mark a character — vocabulary, rhythm, taboos.