Sep 8, 2018 · 1 min read
With the caveat that in writing within the voice of a character, these words add the same natural feeling to thought and opinion and observation by the character as they do for sparing use in dialogue. And that — as pointed out — the words that are used as filler in dialogue and thought, that of giving the character extra time to think through their responses, is a revealing of character and of motivation/reaction in suggesting those unconscious pauses.
Simple search and replace is never a good substitution for knowing — exactly — what is meant to be conveyed.
