Writing Tips
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.”
nothing will change your perspective on a character like someone who is batshit obsessed with them
1. Does your lamb go by any name other than The Lamb? If so, what?
2. How old was your lamb when they were sacrificed?
3. How long was your lamb held captive by heretics before their sacrifice?
4. Did your lamb kill anyone prior to their first death? If so, who?
5. When your lamb mourns a dead loved one from their past.. who is it?
6. Who raised your lamb?
7. Where was your lamb raised? A village? A prison? Constantly on the run?
8. Did your lamb have any specific skills pre-sacrifice?
9. How or where was your lamb caught?
10. How did your lamb feel with their head on the pedestal? Afraid? Relieved? Angry?
11. Does your lamb have any notable or unique features?
12. How tall is your lamb?
13. Is your lamb petite? Curvy? Fucking jacked?
14. Is your lamb’s wool pure white?
15. How does your lamb prefer to keep their wool? Short and shorn neat? Wild and untrimmed? Be honest are there branches in that bitch?
16. Do you base your lamb on any specific species of sheep? If so, which?
17. Do they use their own wool for anything?
18. On a scale of one to ten how floppy are their ears?
19. Do they bear any traits of forced domestication? Is their tail docked? Was their ear tagged? Do they have scars from being shorn (and nicked) against their will? Were they ever painted with or assigned a number rather than a name?
20. What do their horns look like?
21. Was your lamb born male, female, intersex, or do you have no opinion on their sex at birth?
22. Does your lamb use pronouns other than they/them? If so, which ones!
23. Are they capable of having children and would they want to have children?
24. If they were to be a parent or are, what epithet would they have their child use? Mom? Mama? Dad? Baba? Nony? Abba?
25. Do they wear something other than the canon cloak?
26. Does your lamb wear jewelry or makeup?
27. Is your lamb flirtatious?
28. Did your lamb have any partners pre-sacrifice?
29. Did your lamb take any followers as a partner?
30. Who is your lamb’s second in command or closest follower?
31. Is your lamb ever honest about their feelings or past? With who?
32. Is your lamb merciful? Did they ever refuse to spare someone? If so, why?
33. Is your lamb trustworthy?
34. Is your lamb quick or slow to trust others?
35. If your lamb could pick a cult job other than leader what would it be?
36. Is your lamb a good cook?
37. Does your lamb let cult members cook or heal or do they restrict them from certain duties?
38. What is your lamb’s favorite food or dish?
39. Does your lamb eat meat/fish/eggs?
40. What is your lamb’s stance on cannibalism?
41. What about their stance on torture?
42. Would your lamb ever kill a cult member?
43. How does your lamb deal with dissenters?
44. What is your lamb’s favorite weapon? Their least favorite?
45. Would they ever let a follower embrace their dark desire to eat poop?
46. What is your lamb’s favorite season?
47. Is your lamb’s favorite color something other than red?
48. How does your lamb really feel about death?
49. Does your lamb use substances? Are substance banned from cult grounds?
50. Freebie! Tell us any headcanon you want!
posting my animations again. wanted to use this song since i'm addicted to it
Maybe this therapy shit is working
"You don't know me. I'm not the same person anymore."
"That's okay. I'll get to know you again."
You are capable of great things
Everyone learns differently and at a varied rate, do not compare yourself to others progress.
Even starting small is still starting
You -do- make a difference
You are more than you know. More amazing. More kind. More skilled.
do you realise how fucked up this group has to be when bucky barnes is the most stable out of all of them
Joined 1/12/25 | New to this/still figuring out the website | She/Her please :)
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