Hi
I'm new and to save trawling through a plethora of questions I thought I would ask this and apologise if it's a repeat.
When writing dialogue in a fiction novel should it be 'Jane said or said Jane'?
Many thanks
Pauline
Hi
I'm new and to save trawling through a plethora of questions I thought I would ask this and apologise if it's a repeat.
When writing dialogue in a fiction novel should it be 'Jane said or said Jane'?
Many thanks
Pauline
It's a jungle out there, Jane,' said Tarzan.
"Genre and period can often make a difference, too," said Pooh.
If you get my drift ;)
It'd be worth looking through other authors' work you'd consider in a similar vein to yours to see how they deal with it.
I almost always use '(Character) said' because (i) apparently it's least intrusive to readers and (ii) almost all the historical fiction writers I read seem to do the same.
In the end it's whichever you feel most comfortable with :)
thanks for that Ninette I agree I don't think it matters but I wanted to get another perspective on it.
I prefer 'I love it too,' said Jane so I may stick with that.
Pauline