: Re: Using non-say dialogue tags Since I took up writing as a hobby, I've learnt that it's recommended to only use "say" and "ask" as dialogue tags, and to skip even these if

@Miguel976

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There are plenty of options out there. Here are just a few--
Action
Like you showed above, you can do things such as: '"Whatever. It is what it is." He shrugged, obviously not believing what he said.'
If you write what the character is doing every so often, it makes your novel/story/blog/whatever more interesting to read.
No tag
There's also the option of not putting anything at the end of dialog at all! As long as the reader can clearly tell who is talking (i.e. if two people are in a scene, one talks with a tag and the other does without one).
These are the two that I usually refer to if I'm not using descriptive "said" words.
Hope this helped!

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