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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.”

Bobby: I’ve done a lot of dumb stuff.

Little Sally: I witnessed the dumb stuff.

Officer Lockstock: I recorded the dumb stuff

Josephine: I joined you in the dumb stuff.

Hope: I TRIED TO STOP YOU FROM THE DUMB STUFF!

if you're procrastinating, go do the thing, trust me.

Reblogging because anything with Ma Strong mentioned immediately gets me <3

more urinetown headcanons!

ma strong knits.

unfortunately bobby is allergic to wool, and her husband is dead. so.

little sally gets the most charity bc shes a little girl and shes smart so she plays it up but can turn on a dime and kick a man in the shins if he doesnt give her money

nothing you tell me will convince me that little sally does not take immense joy in kicking rich people

hot blades harry and little becky two shoes should host a true crime podcast and then decide whether or not they could have gotten away with the same murder

bobby unironically listens to yodelling and shoegaze exclusively

tiny tom's favorite movie is cars 2

officer lockstock is really good at playing the kazoo

officer barrel plays the irish whistle

these talents, however, are both their respective most shamed secrets, so neither of them know about the other's musical talents

hope is a granola girl

she has the white stanley waterbottle

officer barrel is obsessed with lord of the rings

lockstock is a slight doomsday prepper and has a basement full of canned food and survival supplies

lockstock and barrel watched 12 angry men once together and barrel has never has a better day in his life

bobby strong is scared of children

oh my god someone give that man a kitten to take care of

the poor will collectively take care of each other. they share food, their homes, it's a very tight knit community.

cladwell always has jazz music playing on a record player in his office

hot blades harry cant sleep without a night-light

pennywise was really into candlemaking before the drought

barrel would let someone off the hook and spare them from urinetown in exchange for a puff off their joint

Bird!!

I made a bird :D

HI CARL I LOVE YOU!!!!!

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four