Mon 27 Feb, 2017 05:04 am - Here's a chunk of dialogue (it's still rather rough, I plan to go through all of it with a fine-toothed comb to make sure it's clear who's saying what from where), just to give... (view)
Mon 27 Feb, 2017 04:59 am - I'm writing a scifi book at the moment, and I've got a number of scenes in space, including spacewalking scenes where there's radio communication going on, both from the perspective... (view)
Thu 29 Dec, 2016 07:59 pm - Hi all, I have a quick question about capitalization in dialogue, specifically whether the second part of dialogue is capitalized after the dialogue tag in cases where the first part finishes with... (view)
Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:05 pm - Hi all. I have a couple of questions about em dashes I'm hoping to clear up for a book I'm writing. Here's an example:
"Let's go here first,"—he pointed to a... (view)
Sat 18 Jun, 2016 06:55 pm - Hi all. Wondering about how best to punctuate and capitalize dialogue, specifically when a question mark or exclamation mark are used, and more specifically when the dialogue tag occurs in the... (view)
Wed 17 Feb, 2016 09:58 pm - Hi all. I'm wondering what the calitalization rule is for dialogue that follows a dialogue tag. For example:
He looked over and said, “Let's get going.”
Should... (view)