Writing Tip of the Day-Dialogue

Dialogue for each character should be given a separate paragraph to aid the reader in understanding who is speaking. However, a change of subject by the same character can require an additional paragraph or more. To establish that the speaker has not changed, the original quotation marks are left open until after the final sentence by that character.

Writing Tip of the Day-Dialogue

Quotation marks are used to distinguish dialogue from narrative. It sets the spoken words apart from the character description, actions, thoughts and background of a story.