Wilbur Joined VC On Tommy's Stream To Yell About Whipped Cream And Threaten To Kiss Sneegsnag

wildcat: Why are YOU here?

vanoss: Oh, you know, just tagging along. Don't worry, I won't cause ANY trouble

mini: So why do you have a shotgun?

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.”

[Have yourself an unpredictably homoerotic Monday]

Origins Sneeg being a villain with the golden apple, the fork and controlling a skeleton horse in its rib cage is metal as fuck so I had to do a quick lil render :]

M!buggy: SHUT UP YOU DAMN BRAT

M!luffy: make me~

M!buggy: .....what........

vanoss: While I’m gone, smii7y, you’re in charge. smii7y: Yes!!! vanoss, whispering: kryoz, you’re secretly in charge. kryoz: Obviously.

Choke💖

that Punk Hazard Luffy coat screamed Buggy so loud

vanoss: What’s up? I’m back. panda: I literally saw you die. You died. You were dead. vanoss: Death is a social construct.