Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author

How to punctuate dialogue in a novel – by Louise Harnby…

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In this article, we’ll look at the following:

  1. How to indicate speech
  2. Creating pauses and trail-offs
  3. Showing interruptions
  4. How to punctuate tagged speech
  5. Working with broken-up dialogue
  6. Handling vocative expressions
  7. Dealing with faltering speech

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