Well just remember that usually that's all that's needed.
Tone and whatnot should ideally be self-evident from the dialogue itself.
Young writers, I've noticed, struggle with telling vs. showing. It's a hard thing to learn. Usually that can be mended with a bit of practice.
If she's pleased or happy, the words should reflect that. You shouldn't have to tell the reader otherwise.
No, that's not grammar nazism. That's just a tenant of literature.
War is God.Eeehhhh...
No big deal.
Honestly, I just came back from watching a really really pretentious piece of arthouse garbage.
It's a retelling of Alice in Wonderland with a (wow, so original) dark twist.
It uses stop-motion. Oh, and Alice narrates EVERY FUCKING THING EVERYONE SAYS.
When it was clear who said what and how.
Uggghhh.....
It just took a pet-peeve of mine and like shoved it in my face over and over and over and over...
War is God.Whoa, Dark Alice? That's never been done before.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

Shut it, I'm not as good at phone-fu as spazz.