SCBWI's Blueboard - A Message & Chat Board
Forum
This Board
This Topic
Search
Advanced
Toggle navigation
Home
FAQ
Calendar
SCBWI Home
Register
Login
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
SCBWI's Blueboard - A Message & Chat Board
Writer's Room
Picture Books (PB)
- (Moderator:
dkshumaker
)
He Said, She said?
Search
He Said, She said?
Discussion started on
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Down
He Said, She said?
Write4kids
Posts: 41
Status: Offline
Write for your life!
WWW
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI Region newengland
Do I have to write "he said," "she exlaimed," etc. if it's obvious who is speaking?
#1
- July 12, 2015, 02:41 PM
Mary Munson
Re: He Said, She said?
JulieM
Posts: 834
Status: Offline
WWW
Children's writer
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI PAL
SCBWI Region australiaeastnz
No. I find it helpful to revisit books in the library to see what others have done when addressing this issue. From memory, books such as "IM BORED" don't have tags at all, but speech bubbles. But short answer is "no".
#2
- July 12, 2015, 03:05 PM
Odd Bods: The World's Unusual Animals - Millbrook Press 2021
Tiny Possum and the Migrating Moths - CSIRO Pub. Oct. 2021
www.juliemurphybooks.com
Re: He Said, She said?
JodyJS
Posts: 1,246
Status: Offline
Preorder now! Out April 2021!
WWW
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI PAL
SCBWI Region ksmo
Nope. In fact, if you don't have to, don't.
#3
- July 13, 2015, 04:26 AM
PRUDENCE, THE PART-TIME COW, A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK, BUSY BUS series, EMERGENCY KITTENS, and more!
Twitter @jodywrites4kids
Re: He Said, She said?
Write4kids
Posts: 41
Status: Offline
Write for your life!
WWW
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI Region newengland
Lol..Jody this came up because of the latest assignment!! Thank you ladies!
#4
- July 13, 2015, 04:49 AM
Mary Munson
Re: He Said, She said?
JodyJS
Posts: 1,246
Status: Offline
Preorder now! Out April 2021!
WWW
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI PAL
SCBWI Region ksmo
! I thought of something else, too, Mary. If there's a bunch of back and forth dialogue between characters, and you don't want an editor to get confused about who's speaking, and you don't want to use he said/she said, you can always indicate who the speaker is by doing something like this, assuming you've used the character's names previously.
"That's a great dog." [
Bernie
]
"You're a great dog." [
Lola
]
"Oh. Thanks, I guess."
"By the way, do you know where the cat is?"
#5
- July 13, 2015, 10:24 AM
PRUDENCE, THE PART-TIME COW, A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK, BUSY BUS series, EMERGENCY KITTENS, and more!
Twitter @jodywrites4kids
Re: He Said, She said?
Eileen Kennedy-Moore
Posts: 78
Status: Offline
Award-winning books for kids and parents
WWW
Chidren's Friendship Expert
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI PAL
SCBWI Region newjersey
Definitely not! In fact, I think it's a sign of good writing if the voices are distinct enough that you don't need to attribute comments. In a picture book, the illustrations can also indicate who is talking.
#6
- July 14, 2015, 05:23 AM
Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD
author/psychologist
www.EileenKennedyMoore.com
www.GrowingFriendshipsBlog.com
*For parents
www.DrFriendtastic.com
*FOR KIDS!
Re: He Said, She said?
Write4kids
Posts: 41
Status: Offline
Write for your life!
WWW
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI Region newengland
Thanks Eileen, I totally agree with you!!!
#7
- July 14, 2015, 08:39 AM
Mary Munson
Re: He Said, She said?
Anne Marie
Posts: 2,854
Status: Offline
VAMPIRINA season 3 is on Disney Junior now!
WWW
Emeritus
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI PAL
SCBWI Region midatlantic
I will add that it can be confusing to read a picture book aloud to a child without dialogue tags. So consider your audience.
#8
- July 14, 2015, 09:22 AM
VAMPIRINA BALLERINA series (Disney-Hyperion)
SUNNY'S TOW TRUCK SAVES THE DAY (Abrams)
GROUNDHUG DAY (Disney-Hyperion, 2017)
among others
Re: He Said, She said?
JodyJS
Posts: 1,246
Status: Offline
Preorder now! Out April 2021!
WWW
Poster Plus
SCBWI Member
SCBWI PAL
SCBWI Region ksmo
Good point, Anne Marie.
#9
- July 15, 2015, 09:10 AM
PRUDENCE, THE PART-TIME COW, A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK, BUSY BUS series, EMERGENCY KITTENS, and more!
Twitter @jodywrites4kids
Re: He Said, She said?
Kell
Posts: 1,202
Status: Offline
On the other hand
WWW
Poster Plus
That's what funny voices are for, Anne Marie!
#10
- July 15, 2015, 09:24 AM
Kell Andrews
www.kellandrews.com
THIS OR THAT, Tilbury House, 2021
THE BOOK DRAGON, Sterling, 2018
MIRA FORECASTS THE FUTURE, Sterling, 2016
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Up
« previous
next »
SCBWI's Blueboard - A Message & Chat Board
Writer's Room
Picture Books (PB)
- (Moderator:
dkshumaker
)
He Said, She said?
Members:
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.