tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593153240455742500.post577761629905649291..comments2024-01-28T18:34:08.503-05:00Comments on Adventures in Writing: Using a Real Place with a Fictional Name, CRAFTMarilynn Byerlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720129999636676998noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593153240455742500.post-81607381387284355192009-11-14T22:13:04.621-05:002009-11-14T22:13:04.621-05:00QUESTIONS: Ask me a writing or publishing question...QUESTIONS: Ask me a writing or publishing question! Contact me via my blog or webpage.<br /><br />OK, Marilynn. Here's another one. I think you've touched on the subject of the way to present SMS or on-line chat dialogue before.<br /><br />I need to include multiple lines of on-line chat dialogue in my story. I've worked out a way to keep it clear who is saying what. My question is about rendering the punctuation of it.<br /><br />Fo example, in a rapid fire online chat exchange with short snappy one word answers, in real life, the writers would be unlikely to use much punctuation, eg full stops etc. Can I eliminate them in my rendition of it to the page?<br /><br />For longer sentences when punctuation is needed for clarity I'll include it for most of my characters as that matches their personality, but one of them never uses capital letters or full stops because of his personality. Can I leave it out?ozambersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171187154978269102noreply@blogger.com