The main character for my novel spends a lot of time alone. She's not crazy, but does talk to herself a lot. How do I show the difference between the speaking dialogue and the thinking dialogue?
2007-09-15 17:55:04 · 5 answers · asked by tayeloquin2 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
You would describe the voice, or the effect of the voice. Like if she has to shout to hear herself over the radio, or if her voice startles herself, or if it echoes in a quiet room. Or have her speech go along with body movements, like how she would sound if she were chopping heads of lettuce with a big sharp knife as she speaks.
If it's a thought, you would describe the face she makes as she's thinking it, or a body movement like tapping on a table.
And what #1 said, about using - or not using - quotation marks.
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2007-09-15 18:08:10 · answer #1 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use italics for any thoughts and use regular text with/without quotations when she talks to herself (either is acceptable, oddly enough!)
2007-09-15 18:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by kjlfadjflakjfslkfjsklf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking generally has quotation marks around it. Thinking usually does not.
2007-09-15 18:02:29 · answer #3 · answered by matthew 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I often see thinking text italicized and spoken text in quotations.
2007-09-15 18:03:12 · answer #4 · answered by Missy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always use italics for thoughts, if she's talking 2 her self, just mention that somehow, "she muttered near silently" or something...
2007-09-15 18:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by Crappy Haircut Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋