Category Archives: quotation

  1. Two (more) Uses for the Indirect Quote

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    March 13, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals

    To speak or not to speak — that is the question.  Last week I looked at the indirect quote as …
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    Category: fiction, fiction, narration, narrative voice, novel, quotation, quoting text, style and voice, tension, Uncategorized, writing | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  2. Indirect Quotation as a Breather

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    March 10, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals

    For the bi-lingual, speaking in the second language can be tiring. There’s a scene in John LeCarre’s novel The Russia …
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    Category: attribution, fiction, fiction, narration, narrative voice, quotation, quoting text, style and voice, tension, voice, writing | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  3. Playing Tag: 3 attribution alternatives for cleaner dialogue

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    February 23, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals

    Attributing quotation to the right speaker is essential for clarity, but the traditional tag (he said…she said…said the butler) is …
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    Category: attribution, authorial control, copywriting, dialog, dialogue, editing, editing, fiction, quotation, quoting text, style and voice, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

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