Jane said or said Jane

by Pauline George
21st March 2013

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

Replies

I am no expert but.......

I actually think it doesn't matter, probably somebody will correct me, but I in my opinion it depends on your style of writing.

'I love this cake.' Jane said.

'I love it too' said Jane.

I can't see that it makes too much difference. Also, presumable you won't always use 'said'

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