Narrative Basics Lesson 4: Speech and Dialogue

Ways of writing speech and dialogue

Ways of writing speech and dialogue

So far we’ve explored the kinds of things characters do with their speech

Now let’s look at some of the mechanics of how we write speech on the page or screen, and blend it with action and tags.

Before we go on, let's check your punctuation

Dialogue punctuation can be super finicky!

Hopefully, that was good practice. If you really don't want to do those exercises, you can skip this page using the table of contents.

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