I found this nifty table online, and it's been helping me with my writing

[sakabatou]

People commented elsewhere that they're "sick and tired" of stories and other works using the word 'said' regarding a person speaking, and here it is: https://www.spwickstrom.com/said/

Hopefully, it'll help you, too.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. Just please please please never substitute "goes" for "said" or "says".

[ret5hd]

2. well, there goes my authoring career.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Yeah, see, Lady Macbeth goes, "There's a damned spot right here!" and and

[sakabatou]

3. I don't think I've ever done that

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. I've only heard it, but it makes me want to break things.

It is likely that someone, somewhere has depicted a conversation as,
He goes, "Derp. Derp. Derp." and then she goes, "Yup. Yup. Yup." and then we go, "Hoooeeeey!"

Excuse me. I now have to go break my fingers for typing that.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Oh, my God, no

That's dreadful. Stick to "said".

[sakabatou]

8. "I don't think I can do that, Dave," HAL answered.

However, I will use adverbs with 'said' when needed.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. That's a really helpful table. Thanks.

[sakabatou]

9. You're welcome.

[Old Crank]

10. He lied,

She resonded.

[birdographer]

11. Thank you!

Have just started my first effort at writing a book, and so this is a timely help.

[Marthe48]

12. Is this a good time to bring up Tom Swifties?

In case I'm discussing forgotten history, Tom Swift was a fictional boy inventor from my Dad's youth. I have a few of his books, and read them when I was young. The author wrote dialog and usually used adverbs to describe how the person was speaking. For almost every line of dialog. A year or so after I read them, someone came up with the idea of Tom Swifties. a gag where you made up a line of dialog and then used an adverb that made the whole thing funny.
For example:
"I dropped a desk on my foot," Tom said woodenly. (i just made that up)
Back then, I made up this one:
"I lost my toothpaste," Tom said crestfallenly.

Maybe between using alternate words for said, and the humorous context, we can make up a whole new use of humor (she expostulated wildly) lol

I bookmarked the link. Thank you.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Agatha Christie

Used the word - ejaculated - a lot. I'm rereading her body of work this year - and she used it a great deal through the mid 1950's

[sakabatou]

14. I'm never using that verb as a replacement for said.

[DavidDvorkin]

15. "I've ejaculated!" he gasped.