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Long stretches of dialogue.



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Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:57 pm
EmmVeePi says...



I have a question about long stretches of dialogue. I have at least two parts in the story I am currently working on where there is a story being told by a character in my story. So a single character's uninterrupted dialogue might run for several pages and I am unsure how to use quotation marks here.

Normally I know quotation marks are used at the beginning and end of a characters speaking but normally this does not go on and on either. Should I follow the rule the normal way(quotation mark, pages of dialogue, quotations mark)? So far I have been using them at the start and end of each paragraph even though there is no new person speaking or other action taking place.
  





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Sat Jan 16, 2016 9:00 pm
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Vervain says...



When you have continued dialogue, you don't use quotation marks at the end of the paragraph. Example:

"This is the story of how our people came to be. Blah di blah di blah, dialogue dialogue, story story.

"And then, on one fateful night..."


You only close the quotes when the character's done talking or you're putting in a dialogue tag or something.
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Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:20 pm
Mea says...



And if you're quoting dialogue in the story, it would be formatted so that you have single quotes around the in-story dialogue and double-quotes around the rest.

Ex: "And so I went to the store and was buying some bread when this lady walked up to me and said 'Are you a doctor?'

And of course I said no."
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Karzkin says...



Corollary to Lareine; quotation marks should go at the START of every paragraph, and at the END of the dialogue.
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