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University Blues Ch. 01

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by Anonymous

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by Anonymous02/22/17

Pls learn how to write dialog.

That's the purpose for the existence of quotation signs. Hyphens don't indicate when a character is speaking... or stops speaking.

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by interestinglife02/22/17

Reply to anonymous re: dialogue

Thank you for your comment. I shall take it under advisement.

As a curiosity, and because I wanted to double check for my benefit, I verified the standard rules of dialogue for english language as I could find them online. The use of "quotation marks" seems to be the norm, although the british use the 'simple quotation' in their dialogues. The format I used is for french literature, which also accepts the following formats;

"First line."
"Second line."

"First line.
- Second line."

- First line.
- Second line. (The method I was using).

Just so you know, there are many formats, but the one you point out does seem to be standard form in American literature.

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by ag250702/22/17

An interesting discussion.

To be fair, I didn't notice the lack of quotation marks, but, as a publisher, I would be crucified were I to let one of my author's use the French style without a critical rationale. In any case any writing affectation that startles the reader gets in between the relationship and can alienate the reader from the writer. As a performer the same is true of words or actions that cause the listener to have to decode a word or phrase instead of listening and miss a few lines of text. And to employ a French convention in English writing, Merde, you'll get hanged for treason.
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