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Literary Elements, Writing / December 10, 2018

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Punctuation in Dialogue

Editing, Grammar / December 5, 2018

December 8, 2010 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill last modified April 18, 2016 Dialogue has its own rules for punctuation. Commas go in particular places, as do terminal marks such as periods and question marks. Only what is spoken is within the quotation marks. Other parts of the same sentence—dialogue tags and action or thought—go outside

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Literary Elements, Writing / December 4, 2018

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Literary Elements / December 2, 2018

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How to Legally Quote Song Lyrics in Your Book

Research, Uncategorized / December 1, 2018

Authors have been quoting song lyrics in their books for eons, but if you plan to quote lyrics written after 1923, be prepared to do some research — and get out your checkbook — long before releasing your book. This post was updated September 2017. When a music artist records a song previously released by

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