Guy:
Only if you agree to also outlaw the dull word "said". Myself, I get tired of "said", (even when I'm in the process of overusing it). Almost any alternative might be better if it helps develop a character, show emotion, show intent, or illuminate action; yelled, squealed, whimpered, whined, whispered, shouted growled, hissed, squeaked, breathed, ordered, asked, barked, croaked, screeched.
Yes but if you outlaw the word said, and used screeched or squealed...that makes your job too easy and removes the burden of showing and not just telling. The reader should understand the emotion , intent... not because you used a convenient label, but because you thoroughly explained what the character thought, how the character felt, what the character admitted to herself or refused to admit.
I was nailed by a private comment from a dear colleague just last week when I employed an overused metaphor in my text. "Jen is one tough cookie." and he was right, I already demonstrated that by her behavior and that sentence was unnecessary and trite- he did not use those words- he was very subtle and kind.
Perhaps it all goes back to the reason you write- for your audience? to please and express yourself? to make sense of your life?
There is an audience here and they are mysterious. I look at an author's page and I see a story with 8 comments and 346 views and wonder, what did those other 338 mystery readers think? did they like it? hate i? Were they ambivalent?
Are we trying too hard? I don't want my stories to be a list of events and actions- this happened first, then this, then this. But I have noticed that stories under 1,000 words get the most attention. So, for now I will write what I please, hope some will read and enjoy it, not fret because it does not follow a pattern that many of the others do and enjoy the friendship and good natured taunts and teasing that come with a community of writers and readers that enjoy each others company. It's all good!