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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Using identations properly when writing a novel.

Within a paragraph, assumming 2 or 3 people are talking, plus using some descriptive dialogue, please answer the following question:

1. Should a new line & a new indent start when another person starts talking?

2. Should a new line start when descriptive dialogue begins & should it be indented?

3. If a person talking is followed by or preceeded by dialogue, is it proper to sandwich the quoted person within the dialogue, or should the quotation start a new line with indentation?
  

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Hi, Are you asking about how to write dialogue in, for example, a novel? What do you mean by 'descriptive dialogue'? It might be a good idea to actually show us some of the kind of writing you are talking about.

— Clive

  • Hi, Are you asking about how to write dialogue in, for example, a novel?
  • What do you mean by 'descriptive dialogue'?
  • It might be a good idea to actually show us some of the kind of writing you are talking about.
  • Can you do that, please?
  • Just a little.
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Hi,

Are you asking about how to write dialogue in, for example, a novel?

What do you mean by 'descriptive dialogue'?

It might be a good idea to actually show us some of the kind of writing you are talking about. Can you do that, please
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