Dialogue

Quotation marks go at the beginning and ending of spoken words

A speaker's sentence should always start with a capital letter

Some form of punctuation (comma, question mark, exclamation mark, or period) should go at the end of spoken words, but before the closing (end) quotation mark.

Each time a new speaker speaks, a new paragraph is needed. (Enter then tab)

Write the spoken words first and then the narrator's words at the end

To do this, write the spoken words in quotation marks; before the final quotation mark, you will add a question mark, period, exclamation point, or comma

"Okay," she said.

"Will it be enough?" she asked.

Write the narrator's words first and then the spoken words at the end.

To do this, write the narrator's words, then a comma, then the spoken words (beginning with a capital letter) in quotation marks.

Before Edgar could sign the answer, Claude said, "She had a cut near her eye, but it wasn't deep."

Interrupt the spoken words by placing the narrator's words in the middle.

Write some of the speaker's words, plus a comma in quotation marks, then the narrator's words, plus a comma, and then the rest of the spaker's words in quotation marks again

"My name is Louisa Wilkes," she continued, "and well, the fact is, I don't know exactly why I'm here."

Write the spoken word with NO comment from the narrator.

In this case, it will be obvious who the speakers are because the previous speaker is tagged - so during a conversation between characters

Make sure to enter and indent with each new or change in speaker