[stylist] pet PVS

[vejas]

Here are two of my pet peeves:

1.  In some books I have read, quotation marks are...  well...  
simply not present.  Here's an example (purely made up)

 I looked at Elizabeth.  We have to do something now.  (This "we 
have to do something" was a statement I was telling Elizabeth, 
but the context isn't very clear that I'm saying it, since 
there's no quote marks.
2.  In between people talking, there is supposed to be a new 
line.  It's so annoying when they're on the same line because you 
lose track of who's talking.

I used to play a "quotes game." When I was in third grade, I used 
to play a game with myself in my stories, where I would have a 
conversation like this between 2 characters.  (I'm old enough to 
know better now.)


Here's an exapple:
Heidi met Evelyn at the playground.  They began talking.
"What's new?"
"I don't know."
"Do you want to play jump rope?"
"Yes."
"Cool."
"Yeah."
"I really don't want to play jump rope, actually."
"I don't care."
"OK."
The object would be to keep some stream of conversation.  Then, I 
would enjoy looking back and seeing, do I remember which one was 
speaking? After like 10 lines, if you're not careful you forget 
who's talking.  (It's fun to write, but to annoying to read  if 
it's not my own writing lol.)
Vejas
    Original Message -----
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net
To: "writers nfb" <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:29:26 -0500
Subject: [stylist] pet PVS

I echo the irritation I feel when I receive an email with glaring 
spelling
errors.





Robert Leslie Newman

Personal Website-

Adjustment To Blindness And Visual impairment

http//www.thoughtprovoker.info

NFB Writers' Division, president

http://www.nfb-writers-division.net

Chair of the NFB Communications Committee



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