By Darren Rowse
This guest post is by Aman Basanti of Ageofmarketing.com.
Quotes and dialogue are one of the most powerful tools in the writer’s toolbox. They bring your writing to life. They give your piece voice and make the words jump off the page. As the famous writer Stephen King once said, “What people say often conveys their character to others in ways of which they—the speakers—are completely unaware.”
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While most bloggers understand the power of quotes, they do not know how to format them properly. This post is a crash course in how to use and punctuate quotes in your writing.
Please note that there are exceptions to some of these rules (depending on whether you use the American standard or the... More...
