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		iiv on March 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great sci... Have you read anything by McCarthy? His writing style is as far from "Said Bookism" as you can come.

SideburnsOfDoom on March 10, 2022 [–]

Yes, and recently. His technique is more to Find/replace "he said" with "".

Your question has no point though, the advice was given as per grandparent comment; and it is not great advice as per several replies.

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