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Old 06-25-2007, 05:08 PM
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Re: [Safer] Crogon's Training

Very good! Just one thing I want to mention before you move on: Quotation format. Dialogue should have its own separate paragraph from the rest of the piece, for starters. Example:

Instead of:
Quote:
Orysius jumped up, avoiding the slash from his pupil, and knocked Seraven down, then putting a foot on Seraven's chest. "Really, now?" he said sarcastically, keeping his foot solidly placed where it was. "Because I thought that you were ready to learn this sort of thing." Seraven grimaced. "Yes," he replied, "but I can't move that fast!"
It would be:


Quote:
Orysius jumped up, avoiding the slash from his pupil, and knocked Seraven down, then putting a foot on Seraven's chest.

"Really, now?" he said sarcastically, keeping his foot solidly placed where it was. "Because I thought that you were ready to learn this sort of thing."

Seraven grimaced. "Yes," he replied, "but I can't move that fast!"
See how I divided the dialogues into their own sections? Try doing that next time. Anyway, move on to lesson one.
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