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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

ok but one thing i love about goncharov is the ironic subversion of themes. like we have katya, the madonna-like character whose white palette screams of loyalty and purity, while andrey is the judas-like character whose motifs are the dagger and the poisoned cup.

but at the end, it’s katya who draws a gun on goncharov, and andrey who’s left holding his bleeding body in his arms. by having the “loyal wife” be the backstabber and the “doublecrosser” be the broken-hearted lover, scorsese subverts both biblical imagery and gender roles, and he does it in such a subtle and poetic way too, without taking away the complexity of either character. 

ohhh the continued theme of trc/tdt relationships being doomed by the narrative right from the start and the characters being aware of that and trying to talk themselves out of loving their person but never being able to and then choosing love despite the fact that they know it’s inevitably going to end in a tragedy. i feel so so very sick. this is so sick

Unpopular ship opinion. Cameron/Charlie could have a great romance written about them from antagonistic reluctant friends, to eventually being in love. Why am I actually so into this idea?

YES! I totally imagine that. They would realize that they’re not that different. Once they get that out of the way, they really start to click. They would start out all awkward, not knowing how to act. But they learn to appreciate each other for who they are.

I got four marks back from profs today and all of them were above 90%. Maybe wearing tweed blazars while studying works. 

19th century books will kill off a main character in one sentence and then spend 3 pages describing a street

more adam parrish heartbreak bc i'm (still) rereading tdt and he's breaking my heart!!!

•"besides adam was good at hiding things"

•"but adam was thinking about the suppressed truth: the two of them were on perpendicular paths, not parallel ones, and eventually, they'd have to go different ways. by college, probably. if not college, then after. a tension was building in him, like the one that sometimes haunted him late at night, where he wanted to save gansey or *be* gansey"

•"he *was* adam parrish, army of one. gansey raised by these adoring courtiers, would never be able to understand that"

•"i won't take your pity"

•"i am unknowable"

•"adam has killed himself for aglinoby, he said suddenly and for what? education?"

•"the bruises he'd come to school with. who has he ever had to love him? ever?"

•"how terrible it would be, blue thought, her mind on adam again, to not have a mother who loved you?"

MY TA SHOT SOMEONE IN THE FOOT AND THE PROFESSOR WAS SO FUCKING QUICK LMAOOO

annabeth was written as a smart blonde to break the "dumb blonde" stereotype. annabeth being black is still breaking down stereotypes as black women and girls are often ignored and undermined in academic spaces