How would I do this?

Azure Skye · Apr 16, 2007

I have a riddle in my ms and it's about five or six lines long. As of right now, since my mc is reading the riddle out loud, I have it like this: double quote, single quote, riddle, riddle, riddle, close single and double quote.

When I look at it, it doesn't stand out. It just looks like another piece of prose. Should I not single quote it and maybe underline it (italics) instead to bring emphasis to it?

This is for submission by the way.

ChaosTitan · Apr 16, 2007

Have you tried indenting it?

The character picks up the riddle, looks at the paper, and beings to read:

There once was a woman from Venus

Whose body was shaped like a---

You get the idea. I've seen this used on books, where a block of text needed to be set apart from the rest of the prose.

Uh, minus the double spacing. Silly AW....

FredCharles · Apr 16, 2007

Take a look at Tolkien's The Hobbit. There is a chapter called Riddles in the Dark. I believe he indents the riddles. My memory is bad, so I may be wrong, lol.

How would I do this?

Azure Skye

Huh?

ChaosTitan

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