Quote Originally Posted by llama
TATY, I'll pass your writing tips onto the following authors:

"Helen," he yelled. "What happened?" -- Stephen King (Insomina)


"Who the hell cares," he yelled. "Go get em Greg!" -- Stephen King (The Dead Zone)



"Get out!" she yelled. "Just get out!" -- Dan Brown (Digital Fortress)


"What the hell is going on here?" he yelled. "Why haven't yuo started the case?" -- Robin Cook (Blindside)

He yelled a warning: "They're going to drown us!" -- Clive Clusser (White Death)
Mmm, I'm with TATY here. I would definitely say "yell" is much more of an American thing. Isn't Stephen King American, anyway?