RULES OF WRITING A DIALOGUE
i. The speaker's name is written on the left-hand side of the book.
ii. A colon is placed after the speaker's name.
iii. Each time the speaker speaks, his/her name is written on the left hand side followed by a
colon and his/her exact words written down.
iv. Long speeches are not natural. In reality, people make short/brief comments.
v. If the dialogue is written in a continuous prose, use quotation marks (' ')to indicate the
actual words spoken by the character.Begin a new paragraph each time a different
character speaks.
vi. In play-format, quotation marks are not used.other punctuation rules are kept.
vii. Contracted forms of words are allowed.e.g You're =you are I'll =I will I'd =I would
viii. Stage directions (S.D) - i.e explanations about what a speaker does, what gestures he/she
uses and his/her facial expressions-are put in brackets.e.g
(A man is enjoying his morning coffee when his wife slaps him on the back of his head.)
Man: (puzzled) Why have you done this?see some of the coffee has split on my
trouser.
Wife: (showing him a piece of paper and waves it before his face).
I found this in your pocket. It has the name ,Rosemary'written on it. You'd better have an
explanation.
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