It Goes Without Saying — a collaborative adventure in dubious prose

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Just about every beginning writer will someday encounter the dubious advice to avoid using the word "said". While that leads to plenty of ridiculous prose, there is another, even more extreme school of writers who go to great lengths to avoid reusing words for verbal utterances. Here, then, are two chapters of a fictitious novel based upon that ideal. At least, here will be two chapters; they haven't been written yet. That's where you come in! Want to play?