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Joel Arshad Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Writing a text message in a story
Two questions: If you write a text message should it have quotation marks, be written in italics or something else? The text message in the story is: Meet me at Costa’s in town at 11 sharp. Now is the way I've written 11 correct. I'm doing a creative writing course at the moment and I was told you should write numbers with letters, but obviously in text a you wouldn't write eleven, you would write 11.
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It's a stylistic choice. I would recommend it be separated from the rest of the text, to make sure it stands out as a different "voice". Whether you choose to do that by putting it in italics, or in quotation marks, or making it a separate stand-alone paragraph, that's up to you as the writer.
- It's a stylistic choice.
- I would recommend it be separated from the rest of the text, to make sure it stands out as a different "voice".
- Whether you choose to do that by putting it in italics, or in quotation marks, or making it a separate stand-alone paragraph, that's up to you as the writer.
- A text message appeared on Bobby's phone.
- It was from Billy.
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It's a stylistic choice. I would recommend it be separated from the rest of the text, to make sure it stands out as a different "voice". Whether you choose to do that by putting it in italics, or in quotation marks, or making it a separate stand-alone paragraph, that's up to you as the writer.
A text message appeared on Bobby's phone. It was from Billy. "Meet me at Costa's in t
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If it is a direct quote, then write it exactly as it would be typed in the message. There are a lot of abbreviations in texting, and your story has to use those in order to be believable.
He keyed, "MM @ Costa's @11," and paused for a few seconds while he worked up enough courage to hit the "send" button.
He keyed, "MM @ Costa's @11," and paused for a few seconds while he worked up enough courage to hit the "send" button.
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