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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.”

anyway shout out to the ao3 tagging systems for all the important ways you can engage with yourself 

ben: why does p’andor call you “baby girl”

bivalvan: how about we stop talking for a while

Who are you people and why are you following me

Horrible ProjectMoon headcanons

Little Red's E.G.O corrosion, along with causing disfigurement to the wielder, also gives them an insatible urge to kick puppies

You think the reason everyone in Lobotomy Corp uses they/them pronouns is because all the employees are expendable and personal pronouns are meaningless and they're all likely to die anyway

A man goes to the fish market and walks up to a stall. There is a young boy selling fish. The boy is shouting "BUY MY DAMN FISH!". The man says you can't say that! The boy responds. "What do you mean? I caught them at the dam. These are dam fish." The man says okay and buys some and brings them home. He says to his wife "cook these damn fish!" His wife responds with a shocked face and says you can't say that! He says "the boy told me he caught them at the dam. These are dam fish." So the wife cooks up the fish and they're having dinner and the husband says "pass the damn fish!" To which his daughter responds "that's the spirit dad! Pass the fucking french fries!"

The true OTP of Wonderlab is Titania and Oberon/Nobody Is and you cannot change my mind on that.

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NOT JIF,

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