How to Write Dialogue

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quotation marks

commas

apostrophes

italics

talking

lecture

dialog

dialogue

Quotation marks

Commas

Apostrophes

Colons

Always use a new paragraph for each speaker

Use italics for dialogue

Start with a capital letter only if it's a question

Never use punctuation

To describe the setting

To develop characters and advance the plot

To provide background information

To list events

He said, 'Let's go to the park.'

He said, Let's go to the park.

He said: Let's go to the park.

He said 'Let's go to the park'.

Inside the quotation marks

Outside the quotation marks

With a semicolon

With a colon

A phrase that indicates who is speaking

A type of punctuation

A synonym for dialogue

A part of speech

He said he was going to the store.

'I'm going to the store,' he said.

'He said, I'm going to the store.'

He said: 'I'm going to the store.'