In this 20-minute course, I show fiction writers and editors how to punctuate dialogue in a novel according to publishing-industry convention. Want to access the guidance in written form? Click on the button below to download the complementary booklet.
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HOW TO PUNCTUATE DIALOGUE: BROKEN-UP SPEECH
HOW TO PUNCTUATE DIALOGUE: TAGGED SPEECH
HOW TO PUNCTUATE DIALOGUE: VOCATIVES (DIRECT ADDRESS)
HOW TO PUNCTUATE DIALOGUE: FALTERING SPEECH
HOW TO PUNCTUATE DIALOGUE: INTERRUPTIONS
HOW TO PUNCTUATE DIALOGUE: PAUSES AND TRAIL-OFFS
HOW TO PUNCTUATE DIALOGUE: INDICATING SPEECH
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AUDIENCE Independent authors and fiction editors RUNNING TIME 20 minutes |