A request for information around Dialogue? thank you x?
Hi, so I struggle when writing dialogue, I wonder if you could help. Its about comma placement, you see I don't know when to put a comma at the end or a time of year? Is it like this?
EXAMPLE- "Claire, its me, Ryan," came my brothers voice through the phone, "You need to budge see mum." he finished.
or
"Claire, its me, Ryan, you have to go see mum." said my brother.
Rubbish examples, I know but do you see what I mean. Do you use the comma at the expire if you are going to continue the dialouge, and if its all on the one line, you use the time of year?
thanks so much, I feel like such a dumb a** lol
Answers:
Fundamentals; I am glad you are trying to get them right. Here is an excellent, thought slightly risque, article on the subject, written surrounded by easy-to-understand prose:
http://www.mcrw.com/lovenotes/dialoguede…
It would be a comma. I see how you're getting confused since it's the back of the character's sentence, but it should always be a comma because the sentence as a whole hasn't ended. Otherwise, (and using your example) 'said my brother' would be another sentence requiring a possessions letter, and 'Said my brother' makes no sense on it's own.
You can use a length when you're leaving off the name tag and it's a free-flowing conversation between two characters. For instance,
"Claire, it's me, Ryan," said my brother, through the phone.
"What do you want," I responded.
"You need to go see mom."
"Why?"
******
Also, in the first example you give, you don't need to capitalize the word You, since it's still the same sentence.
It should read something like this:
"Claire, it's me, Ryan," said my brother's voice through the phone, "you involve to go see mom."
That would read a bit awkward, so the punctuation can be experimented with to make it read better. Good luck, and near practice you'll begin to catch on. Also, there could be a difference near how books in the U.S. are written and how those in the U.K. are written. I recently literary that it's common for UK authors to have single quotes with their dialogue tag, but it's less common with US authors.
It's something you might want to research.
Comma after mum in both cases. Your entire sentence includes the 'he said' tag lines, so a period go after that.
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EXAMPLE- "Claire, its me, Ryan," came my brothers voice through the phone, "You need to budge see mum." he finished.
or
"Claire, its me, Ryan, you have to go see mum." said my brother.
Rubbish examples, I know but do you see what I mean. Do you use the comma at the expire if you are going to continue the dialouge, and if its all on the one line, you use the time of year?
thanks so much, I feel like such a dumb a** lol
Answers:
Fundamentals; I am glad you are trying to get them right. Here is an excellent, thought slightly risque, article on the subject, written surrounded by easy-to-understand prose:
http://www.mcrw.com/lovenotes/dialoguede…
It would be a comma. I see how you're getting confused since it's the back of the character's sentence, but it should always be a comma because the sentence as a whole hasn't ended. Otherwise, (and using your example) 'said my brother' would be another sentence requiring a possessions letter, and 'Said my brother' makes no sense on it's own.
You can use a length when you're leaving off the name tag and it's a free-flowing conversation between two characters. For instance,
"Claire, it's me, Ryan," said my brother, through the phone.
"What do you want," I responded.
"You need to go see mom."
"Why?"
******
Also, in the first example you give, you don't need to capitalize the word You, since it's still the same sentence.
It should read something like this:
"Claire, it's me, Ryan," said my brother's voice through the phone, "you involve to go see mom."
That would read a bit awkward, so the punctuation can be experimented with to make it read better. Good luck, and near practice you'll begin to catch on. Also, there could be a difference near how books in the U.S. are written and how those in the U.K. are written. I recently literary that it's common for UK authors to have single quotes with their dialogue tag, but it's less common with US authors.
It's something you might want to research.
Comma after mum in both cases. Your entire sentence includes the 'he said' tag lines, so a period go after that.
Related Questions:
In the book a million little pieces Written by James frey. Questions.?
Lilly killed herself, can u belive that? Is he married now?Did u like the book? It's fiction. I wouldn't steal anything in it at face value.Frey passed it past its sell-by date as fact, proving to the world that he is a tool. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/010ˇ
IS this book contained by reading counts register ?
touching snow by m.sindy felin rc for middle school You should ask your teacher if the novel is appropriate or suitable to read. I'm pretty sure it is, but you can move about to your school library and make sure. just pretend you are taking the quiz, and look into for the book. if...