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.”
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I always get those two week minecraft phases and absolutely lock in at progressing in the game, than after that two weeks i drop the game and dont pick it up until three months later 😭
Is it really a 2 week Minecraft phase if you don't spend at least 40 days building a house and end up with six pets and chests that are so disorganized that you can't find your spruce wood or stone even though you know you left it somewhere?
I hear your up for questions..
Anyway whats your opinion on the goblin shark ?
I asked the GC
Guys geuss who recently got into Objectified and drew a thing
Heres a lil wip of Dynamite from Objectified bc i love him so much
Im honestly quite proud of it {unlike most drawings i do lol} When im finished with him expect Mushroom next >:]
{Sorry for the water mark- i fear nothing more in this world than art thiefs}
Alright goodnight, idek why im still up
Heres a drawing i made a while ago I hope the quality wasnt ruined too much??
First post yipeee
ok bye now
God I love the osc. I know there's some bad parts, but the strides it has done for indie animation are actually insane. most well done object show pilots end up getting quite a bit of attention and it's all because of this community if people who like talking objects. I'm pretty sure cheesyhfj was in college when he made hfjone and he made it mainly on his own, thats actually incredible to me. one of the best object shows (in my opinion) made by some guy in college. and he was able to do that! beacuse the community is so vast and supportive! inanimate insanity started as a fan project for bfdi by some kid with barely any animation knowledge! the nightly Manor was a remake/rewrite of his childhood object shoe that was cancelled! none of these would have grown to the size they are without extreme support from the community and I love that so much. idk I'm just gushing but it makes me feel happy man.
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