Before I had any right to dismiss Twihards or criticize the psychologically unhealthy relationship model that Bella Swan and Edward Cullen present, I felt obliged to read the books. So I did. All four novels, one novella, and an incomplete document in portable format. The content lived down to my expectations, but I was unprepared for how poorly crafted the saga is. Contact: reasoningwithvampires@gmail.com

16th January 2012

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Tagged: Dialogue TagsI have officially gone to the scary place.It's not even about the writing. Now it's like the bookish equivalent of collecting Pez dispensers.NOT comprehensive (i.e. I left some dialogue tags out)exclusively from New MoonOh... she has a thesaurus all right.

14th January 2012

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These are from New Moon exclusively.
To see the Twilight compilations: mumble, murmur, mutter.

Tagged: Dialogue TagsDo your Auntie Dana a favor: ENUNCIATE!New MumbleNew MurmurNew MutterWhyyylight?These are from New Moon exclusively.

19th September 2011

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Tagged: Dialogue TagsThat just happened.Unintentionally hilarioussomehow injecting a leer into this tagTHE MORE REASONABLE SHADOW

2nd August 2011

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Tagged: Dialogue TagsShut up and let them talk.Where would you rank the conversation on a pH scale?

2nd May 2011

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Tagged: Those are in order, by the way.Dialogue TagsNM pp 261-272I posted with a glorious attempt at mockery.whisper whisper snap snap hiss hiss DEMAND DEMAND

13th April 2011

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Tagged: repeat repeat, beat beatDialogue TagsYou can tell when she's on a roll with a technique.

9th March 2011

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Tagged: Calm yo'self.connotation v. denotationvocabularyDialogue TagsRight word; right time

3rd March 2011

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Tagged: Dialogue TagsDon't be so hastypremature punctuationTwilightpunctuation

21st February 2011

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Tagged: Dialogue Tagsquotey fingers ftw

27th November 2010

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27th November 2010

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Tagged: Dialogue TagsHe saidShe said

10th October 2010

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Tagged: no really - shut the fuck updialogue tagsI'm still trying to figure out how to smile with my eyes; Jessica is a facial-expression ninja with her informative eyes

11th September 2010

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Tagged: goat surprise partyTwilightStephenie Meyerinappropriate vocabularydialogue tagsbrain hurt now

31st August 2010

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Tagged: Anti-TwilightStephenie MeyerTwilightbad writingdialogue tags