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Re:Proper way to include dialogue in a fanfiction 15 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 14
WiccanMethuselah wrote:
Noacat wrote:
WiccanMethuselah wrote:
Here is an excellent resource for all things written... I swear by it!!

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

FYI... The punctuation (comma, etc.,) always goes inside the quotation mark.

Ex: "I wanted to see how it works," Bob said.

"Can I go with you?" asked Bob.

But you'll find everything you need at that website!!

~~Wiccan~~

THAT'S SO FUNNY! I use that same site.

*nod, nod*

Great minds, they DO think alike, right?

It's the best on the web - well, that *I've* found so far.

~~me~~

Yeah, they do! *grins* There's been more than one late night writing session saved by that site.
 
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Proper way to include dialogue in a fanfiction 15 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 2
I remember my English teacher in grade eight would always tell me to start of dialogues like:
Bob says, "-----".
She would never let us do it any other way.

My grade 11 teacher did not care. However, if we did try something, I'd see a lot of
"Blah blah blah", said someone.
"Blah blah blah," said someone.
or
"Blah blah blah?" asked someone.
"Blah blah blah"? asked someone.

I'm not so sure what I'm asking.
I guess..
What's the proper way to format these things in fanfiction?
'Cause I see something different almost every time.
I'm so confused. S:
 
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Last Edit: 2009/11/19 23:32 By CosmicAnomaly.
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Re:Proper way to include dialogue in a fanfiction 15 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 279
Noacat wrote:
WiccanMethuselah wrote:
Here is an excellent resource for all things written... I swear by it!!

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

FYI... The punctuation (comma, etc.,) always goes inside the quotation mark.

Ex: "I wanted to see how it works," Bob said.

"Can I go with you?" asked Bob.

But you'll find everything you need at that website!!

~~Wiccan~~

THAT'S SO FUNNY! I use that same site.

*nod, nod*

Great minds, they DO think alike, right?

It's the best on the web - well, that *I've* found so far.

~~me~~
 
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Re:Proper way to include dialogue in a fanfiction 15 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 279
Here is an excellent resource for all things written... I swear by it!!

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

FYI... The punctuation (comma, etc.,) always goes inside the quotation mark.

Ex: "I wanted to see how it works," Bob said.

"Can I go with you?" asked Bob.

But you'll find everything you need at that website!!

~~Wiccan~~
 
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Re:Proper way to include dialogue in a fanfiction 15 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 2
Wow that was a quick/easy read!
Thanks a LOT , I actually get what I'm doing now.
I'm gonna' have to go back and edit pages and pages of all this stuff I've written

LOL you can tell I'm a new author this way.
THANKS AGAIN. =D
 
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Re:Proper way to include dialogue in a fanfiction 15 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 14
WiccanMethuselah wrote:
Here is an excellent resource for all things written... I swear by it!!

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

FYI... The punctuation (comma, etc.,) always goes inside the quotation mark.

Ex: "I wanted to see how it works," Bob said.

"Can I go with you?" asked Bob.

But you'll find everything you need at that website!!

~~Wiccan~~

THAT'S SO FUNNY! I use that same site.
 
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