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Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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Badass of the arena!

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avantorcastell

1 month ago

This is amazing OP

I never saw the resemblence until now

💜🍑Why is "War Of Hearts" by Ruelle such a Shadowpeach coded song from Mac's point of view? 💜🍑

MINORS DO NOT INTERACT

MINORS DO NOT FOLLOW

MINORS DO NOT REBLOG

Come to me In the night hours I will wait for you And I can't sleep 'Cause thoughts devour Thoughts of you consume

💜🍑Why Is "War Of Hearts" By Ruelle Such A Shadowpeach Coded Song From Mac's Point Of View? 💜🍑

Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

I can't help but love you Even though I try not to I can't help but want you

I know that I'd die without you

Stay with me a little longer I will wait for you Shadows creep And want grows stronger Deeper than the truth

Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

I can't help but love you Even though I try not to I can't help but want you

I know that I'd die without you

I can't help but be wrong in the dark 'Cause I'm overcome in this war of hearts

I can't help but want oceans to part 'Cause I'm overcome in this war of hearts

I can't help but love you Even though I try not to I can't help but want you I know that I'd die without you

I can't help but be wrong in the dark 'Cause I'm overcome in this war of hearts I can't help but want oceans to part 'Cause I'm overcome in this war of hearts

Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

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avantorcastell

1 month ago

How to show emotions

Part V

How to show grief

a vacant look

slack facial expressions

shaky hands

trembling lips

swallowing

struggling to breathe

tears rolling down their cheeks

How to show fondness

smiling with their mouth and their eyes

softening their features

cannot keep their eyes off of the object of their fondness

sometimes pouting the lips a bit

reaching out, wanting to touch them

How to show envy

narrowing their eyes

rolling their eyes

raising their eyebrows

grinding their teeth

tightening jaw

chin poking out

pouting their lips

forced smiling

crossing arms

shifting their gaze

clenching their fists

tensing their muscles

then becoming restless/fidgeting

swallowing hard

stiffening

holding their breath

blinking rapidly

exhaling sharply

How to show regret

scrubbing a hand over the face

sighing heavily

downturned mouth

slightly bending over

shoulders hanging low

hands falling to the sides

a pained expression

heavy eyes

staring down at their feet

More: How to write emotions Masterpost

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avantorcastell

1 month ago

Macaque's fur

I’ve got a little headcanon based on what I’ve heard about the 2000s cartoon (haven’t watched it yet, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong). From what I gather, Macaque has white fur in that version, right?

Now, I’ve seen some LMK fan artists depict him with white fur too, and that gave me an idea—what if we mixed those interpretations?Not like combine the colors or have one side be white and the other black I mean in the way like an artic fox's fur works

So,When Winter is approaching Macaque starts to Shed his shorter,black thin fur to a long white coat.

And since SWK doesn’t do that, the first time it happened, he absolutely panicked, thinking Macaque was terminally ill or something. While SWK’s over here Having a Panic attack, probably speaking in Incoherent sentences and freaking out, Macaque is there, super confused, like, “???”.

Eventually, Macaque figures out what’s going on, sits Wukong down, and explains everything to him. Wukong's like, “Ohhhhhh, so I was panicking over nothing…” Macaque would probably tease him about it later

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avantorcastell

2 weeks ago

Bag of Bones

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avantorcastell

6 days ago

The man

A man who could so easily kill you, torture you until death. Lulls you into eating his food.

For what need is there to tamper.

You eat the first bite, savoring it deeply, then start gorging on the rest like a ravenous pig. Your appetite is insatiable. You're starved.

But after a while, you start feeling dizzy and nauseous, your limbs feel weak, like a puppeteer has let go of the strings. And there he stands, laughing at you. Enjoying every moment. It was never about killing you swiftly. He wanted to see you suffer and, at last, finally drop your guard and give in to temptation. A gift from your captor that you accepted oh so graciously. His laughter echoes in your mind until your last breath.

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avantorcastell

1 month ago

[2024] Alt Ending. Inspo For Last Line Under Cut

[2024] Alt ending. Inspo for last line under cut

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avantorcastell

1 month ago

This hits right in the feels

Black and white comic with simple digital drawings.
Panel 1: Triangle head person talking to square head person. They say, "I just wish I'd been smarter, so I knew what to do.
Panel 2: Triangle: "Or kinder."
Panel 3: Triangle looks down.
Panel 4: Black space. "Mostly, kinder."
Panel 5: Triangle looking down.
Panel 6: They look up as a hand is put on their shoulder.

Panel 1: Square touching Triangle's shoulder and asking, "Did you try?"
Panel 2: Close-up of hand on shoulder with Triangle saying, "...I don't know."
Background turns black.
Panel 3: Triangle as a child attached by the hand to an adult. As an adult they say, "I don't think I thought to try."
Panel 4: The adult tugs the attached limb to get Triangle's attention.

Panel 1: Adult talking with one finger up in explanation. The speech bubbles fill the black background.
They show Triangle as a kid in various forms of danger, a house fire, falling off a building, a large person drooling and going to grab them...
Panel 2: Triangle looking up with their attached hand leading out of the panel.

Background back to white.
Panel 1: Triangle as an adult saying, "I was taught to be safe, first."
Panel 2: Triangle and Square looking at each other.
Panel 3: Square says, "...Huh."
Panel 4: Close-up of Triangle's face. From out of the panel Square says, "What do you think now?"

Panel 1: Triangle frowning and sighing.
Panel 2: Triangle closing their eyes in frustration and scratching their neck as they say, "...I think it's harder to do, but I want to be more than one thing."
Panel 3: The two standing, Triangle crossing their arms and Square smiling. Triangle says, "I want to try my best on purpose."
Watermark: @yeehawpim

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avantorcastell

1 month ago

Thank you!!

Now I'll never run out of Words!

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

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