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 Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:51 am
When you're writing a quote, do you make a new paragraph or say "said" then the name after the quote all the time along with their expressions? >.<
Really confuses me. Hope I didn't confuse you. o.o
Quote as in:
"What did you do today?" Ashley asked.
"I did nothing actually," said Tomoe nervously.
Etc etc.
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 10:38 am
Err, I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but both examples you provided are equally fine. Some people think that 'said Sally' is a little more antiquated than 'Sally said', but it's subjective, and there's not a grammatical difference.
I hope I answered your question!
Have a nice day!
~ Moya
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 11:00 am
Oh, lol, sorry bout that. >< My grammar is not so great, but anywho, it did!
Thank yous.
-Kari
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:58 pm
^^ Like Moya said, it's subjective. Cheese personally likes a bit of variation- switching them back and forth a bit! mrgreen
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:19 am
I often get confused just like that. ;D I don't normally write "said" or the name before said. I write what they are doing and how they said it, pretty much.
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:18 pm
Sabrina swept back her long brown hair and held it high above her head. "Do you think i should cut it" she asked tommy
"Nah, i like it just like that" he replied
"I just get so frustrated with it sometimes"
"I can understand that, i mean, i spend hours every day curling, and drying, and the conditioning, oh man.. "
Sabrina slapped at tommy, giggiling "Oh, okay, mr. buzzcut."
pretty much as long as you're able to keep up with who's saying what when, you're fine, homie.
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:30 pm
enslavedforlife Sabrina swept back her long brown hair and held it high above her head. "Do you think i should cut it" she asked tommy "Nah, i like it just like that" he replied "I just get so frustrated with it sometimes" "I can understand that, i mean, i spend hours every day curling, and drying, and the conditioning, oh man.. " Sabrina slapped at tommy, giggiling "Oh, okay, mr. buzzcut." pretty much as long as you're able to keep up with who's saying what when, you're fine, homie. rofl Love the example. It's really silly. Is it an exerpt from something? If so, Cheese would love to read it!
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:35 pm
Anyiana I often get confused just like that. ;D I don't normally write "said" or the name before said. I write what they are doing and how they said it, pretty much. yeah, "said" can be overused sometimes. Sometimes it's necessary but it's good that you don't get into something like Bob said, "wanna go out?"
"maybe," jill said."
"How about a movie?" said bobThat drives me crazy and I've seen quite a few people on other sites write like that. And if I mention it when they ask for comments, they think I'm mean. Probably why i dont use those sites anymore.
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