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I know this may sound like a very basic question but I've been struggling with it. I typically write in first person past tense as I feel it's more personal. My question is, if I'm having a conversation should it be written with both of their dialogs in quotation marks or just hers and then telling the reader what the main character (her father) said or how he felt? After all, if he's telling the story in person to someone he wouldn't say the lines as written. For example if he was telling you what his first reply was he would say something along the lines of:
'I told her that I was fine and that I was just getting her dirty laundry. I called her Petal; she liked being called that and several other terms of endearment I used.'
"You okay daddy?" she asked.
"Yes Petal, daddy's fine, I replied, "I was just getting your dirty laundry." She liked being called petal; it was one of several terms of endearment I used
"You want me to help? I can you know. I can sort for you."
"Thanks but I think I can manage." She was a good daughter, always willing to help around the house and I was grateful for that.
"Kay. I'm going outside to swim."
"Okay."
'I told her that I was fine and that I was just getting her dirty laundry. I called her Petal; she liked being called that and several other terms of endearment I used.'
"You okay daddy?" she asked.
"Yes Petal, daddy's fine, I replied, "I was just getting your dirty laundry." She liked being called petal; it was one of several terms of endearment I used
"You want me to help? I can you know. I can sort for you."
"Thanks but I think I can manage." She was a good daughter, always willing to help around the house and I was grateful for that.
"Kay. I'm going outside to swim."
"Okay."