“never use this word because it’s common, instead use all of these things that i’ll call synonyms even though they carry different connotations and will change the meaning of your dialogue if you use them” — very bad and unfortunately very common writing advice
#amen #a fuckin men #sometimes you do want to say VERY #and sometimes you want to say SAID #and sometimes its important to realize that your characters don’t talk #like someone shoved the OED up their bumhole #just sayin’