Dogs Are Smarter Than People: Writing Life, Marriage And Motivation

A few years ago, we posted this episode about dialogue, and honestly? We're . . . um. . . burnt out because of the election and people. So, since we're already focusing on dialogue over on LIVING HAPPY, we're recycling (upcycing) this from a few years ago. Thanks for putting up with us! These next few podcasts, we thought we should get all nitty-gritty with some quick grammar tips or style tips for people writing fiction.It can help you nonfiction writers, too, we swear.When you’re writing dialogue (people talking to each other), you’re going to want to follow these punctuation rules.Use quotes. Have the dialogue tag (who the speaker is, the he said/she asked) in the actual same paragraph as the dialogue. Punctuate it all correctly. (That’s a lot of knowledge right there.)But here’s the big one:Don’t go screwing around with those dialogue tags, also known as speaker tags.You want to keep it simple when it’s a dialogue tag.“Said” and “asked” are your besties here. If you do anything else? You look like a c