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HI since you're a fellow writer [from what i've read, hah, WRITER PUN- anyways], HOW DO YOU PROPERLY WRITE DIALOGUE TAGS. like the. "Hello," she picked up a coffee mug and took a sip, "my name is Kaley." or the "BACK OFF!" They screamed in unison. like... am i doing it right or 😭 this is something that always pesters me whenever i write cause i have no idea to ask google about it

HI THERE YES HELLO THSNK YOU FOR ACLNOWLEDGING ME!!!!!

i LOVE dialogue tags because you can do so much with them and they inherently have so much variety—but they can be difficult to get the hang of, especially cause there are a ton of TINY annoying grammatical rules that go with them

as the CEO of tiny annoying grammatical rules i am HERE to HELP

SO!

“Hello,” she picked up a coffee mug and took a sip, “my name is Kaley.”

this would be totally correct IF the “picked up a coffee mug and took a sip” was replaced with said or mumbled or barked or whatever, BUT you’ve replaced those possible dialogue tags with an action

a big mistake i see a LOT is writers treating actions like they’re interchangeable with dialogue tags, and, in turn, giving them the same punctuation when they’re used with a pause in dialogue, but they are NOT!!!!!!!!! the same thing

the action is separate from the speech—she didn’t say hello by picking up a mug that emitted the sound for her, she said hello AND picked up a mug, then continued with her sentence.

since closing the dialogue with a comma denotes that the following text is supposed to be a dialogue tag, you’d use em-dashes for actions interrupting the speech instead!

“Hello—” she picked up a coffee mug and took a sip, “—my name is Kaley.”

alternatively, you could include a dialogue tag and connect it to the action with a conjunction if you wanted!

“Hello,” she said as she picked up the coffee mug, “my name is Kaley.”

(i omitted the “took a sip” part from this example because she presumably can’t speak while taking a sip from her cup</3)

AND!

“BACK OFF!” They screamed in unison.

this one’s almost perfectly fine, but remember not to capitalize any words that come after dialogue unless the end of the dialogue ends the ENTIRE sentence. since “they screamed” is the tag for “BACK OFF!”, and thus continues the sentence, you would leave “they” lowercase.

this used to trip me up for a while because often times, you’ll have a piece of dialogue where the speaker’s sentence is over, but the actual entire sentence isn’t—and that’s what you have here, for example! in this scenario, you wouldn’t capitalize the dialogue tag.

“BACK OFF!” they screamed in unison.

you WOULD keep it capitalized if it was an action after the speech (in a new sentence)!

In unison, they screamed, “BACK OFF!” Then they both punched you in the face at the same time and you died. Or something.

and—side note—if this weren’t an exclamation mark, it would be a comma, not a period, even though it’s still the end of the speaker’s sentence! a period at the end of the dialogue ALWAYS ends the entire sentence, so if a dialogue tag is coming after it, the period must be replaced with a comma.

assuming “back off” is the entire statement said by the speakers, “Back off.” They said in unison. would be incorrect, while “Back off,” they said in unison. would be correct!

(exclamation marks, question marks, and other punctuation marks can basically function as both a period and a comma)

THATS ALL I GOT !!

trying to google punctuation rules is So Annoying BUT i hope i helped at least a bit!!!

i know i tend to talk in circles because i love talking about writing rules to an excruciating degree but i hope i got my points across and everything 😎

also i love your art💔

xenos marrowfil and cole samaster both scientists working for STUD INDUSTRIES; they analyze data as their main job and have a hobby of building stuff together

sometimes waiting is the best you can do 🪷⭐

small barn owl study

REFS USED:

ENA!!!!

eepy

ANIMATIONS OF HIM he's such a timid guy i should talk about his personality more on here [soon]

WOAHHH THESE LOOK COOL AS HELL. ALL THE FANDOMS!!!

IKAY SORRY GUYS BUT things are getting pretty tight for my family (aka we have a big bill we need payed off and the AC broke and I doubt they can get it fixed this paycheck. So we are struggle) and Ive lent them so much that i cant get a booth ive been meaning to get ASAP!! Im kinda stressed LMAO heres 25% off stickers so they’re only like $3!! I also have keychains which you should also buy mhm yup

Here look at all my stuff ooooooo mind beams you want to give me money sooo bad

Like the stickers are big and holographic and the keychains are fun and doublesided… like we have um here we go, BFB, bluey, dandadan, dbz, death note, dunmeshi, ena, FMA, ghibli, gravity falls, helluvaverse, JJK, LEGO MONKIE KIDDDD!!!! Mha, MLP, MP100, mouthwashing, Naruto ok ko, ONE PIECEEEEEE!!!!!!! PASWG, SMilingnfriends, splatoon, soul eater, TADC, TMNT, owl house, UTMV!!! V-SYNTHS!!!!!!!! And a whole bunch of autism stuff

made him on a whim cause a bunch of other people were making collinlock ocs in the server

I hate seeing all these posts about how awful Christians are because a few are using it as an excuse to be bad and the rest "aren't doing enough". Have you considered we are trying? And some of us are not able to help? Some of us are kids with families that refuse to believe any Christians could be fake. True Christians are just living our lives, we're not all like that. We're not trying to execute all the lgtbq folks, I'm fricking gay as heck myself, we're not all out to get you, we're just folks with a religion. The ones persecuting the folks of color, the disabled, the queer- those are fake using my God as an excuse. Stop acting like we're all mini-Trumps.

OKAY so since you all loved hourfal's art, here's his cousin, hapson!

he got trapped in a prison cell for several months due to complicated reasons 💖

xenos and sonorch

they hate each other sincerely.

NO IT IS NOT ENEMIES TO LOVERS. CRIES. xenos is already in a happy relationship with SMALLE. i'll post art of him later 👀

TUMBLR INTRO

HELLO!! here's my carrd below because im not the best at explaining general things 😭 >>> https://imaginedmist.carrd.co/#

and also my youtube channel where i post more serious animations

>>> https://www.youtube.com/@basillover32 I MAKE ART. im very invested in the OSC currently [as well as my object show [#thegrocerycomplex] , i'll be posting about that!] [oh and also my other object show concept [#sidereums terrarium]

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EXTRA STUFF:

i don't reblog TOO often; i post more than i reblog! if i do reblog, i'll be sure to add the [#reblog] tag to it!

OTHER INFO... hmmm.... scratches chin.... ive been animating and illustrating DIGITALLY since 2020 [the pandemic sucked!!!!]

i've also somehow managed to break my right big toe while playing basketball somehow? DON'T ask me how that happened because honestly i really do not know 💀

also in the future i MIGHT do commissions! don't count on that tho cause im still trying to figure out how talking to people works

[that was /EXAG im just very nervous handling serious stuff like money, responsibility, and accountability rn-- working on managing my executive dysfunction and getting myself more motivated!]

THANKS FOR READING !! feel free to tell/ask me anything anytime! [unless asks are closed. which are rare 'cause i gotta be feeling REALLY overwhelmed to close them]

OKAY BUH BYE!! have a good day/night!

hourfal image dump because i said so

@imaginedmist

i like that thang

we’re so back

more concepts for my object show

im still not okay

HI !! I LOVE HOW YOU DREW ONE welcome to tumblr !!

i have never posted on tumblr before so im kind of nervous but hiii

long time no see! I am getting my footing back on art and stuff and these characters have helped a LONG way in keeping myself together. They're everything to me and I'm very normal and can be trusted with rewriting a new canon for them.

GODDD SHAKES YOU THEY'RE SO ADROABLE AND SKRINGLYLYK

RABIES

the nervous guy

THE WAY I BANGED MY CHAIR WITH SHEER AGGRESSION AFTER THIS.

hey guys what if Two has trauma from losing their friends

their design WILL change im having a crisis trying to figure out what strange creature they are

Dedicated to the Epic OSC 2 discord server.