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Writing great dialog–Part 4: proper dialog formatting

05/13/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 810 Views 0 Comments crafting good dialog,  dialog basics,  dialog tag attributes,  dialog tags,  good writing techniques,  punctuating dialog,  punctuation,  rick taubold,  writing good dialog

From Rick: In this post, I’m going to cover formatting dialog, which some new writers get wrong. For purposes of this blog, I’ll assume the American English style of formatting, that is, double quote marks, where British English may use

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