Question

[Chris57]

I'm not sure about something, hopefully someone can help.

In one of my stories, I have 2 people emailing back and forth and also texting. The emails I italicized, I'm confused though about the texting, should I use "..." when they text or what would be proper?

 

[rutger5]

Don't know if there is a 'proper' way of signifying text in a written story. I'm guessing you want to differentiate it from the rest so it stands out immediately to the reader. Personally I wouldn't use quotation marks as that could lead to confusion between texting and speaking. Might do something like this.

[r u there yet] he texted.

[2 min] she replied.

[ok]

 

[Chris57]

Don't know if there is a 'proper' way of signifying text in a written story. I'm guessing you want to differentiate it from the rest so it stands out immediately to the reader. Personally I wouldn't use quotation marks as that could lead to confusion between texting and speaking. Might do something like this.

[r u there yet] he texted.

[2 min] she replied.

[ok]

Thanks for the suggestion, I think that will work.

 

[HeyAll]

Don't know if there is a 'proper' way of signifying text in a written story. I'm guessing you want to differentiate it from the rest so it stands out immediately to the reader. Personally I wouldn't use quotation marks as that could lead to confusion between texting and speaking. Might do something like this.

[r u there yet] he texted.

[2 min] she replied.

[ok]

That's actually a brilliant way of using text messages in a story.