Suggestions?

[cookiejar]

I'm writing a scene where one of the characters is reading a newspaper article aloud to someone. Do I incorporate in the same paragraph or give it one of its' own? Do I put it in quotations and bold or just quotations?

Any help is appreciated.

 

[NoJo]

I'd put it in its own paragraph, and in italics. Not quoted. Matter of taste.

 

[gauchecritic]

What Joe said unless the article runs for longer than about 2 or three big paragraphs, then I'd use bold.

I'd also have it quoted. Maybe just single quotes.

Gauche

 

[cookiejar]

I'd put it in its own paragraph, and in italics. Not quoted. Matter of taste.

Thanks Joe. I tried it several ways, none looked right. I'll try it. Btw...you look kind of like the late actor David Duke or you do to me.

 

[cookiejar]

What Joe said unless the article runs for longer than about 2 or three big paragraphs, then I'd use bold.

I'd also have it quoted. Maybe just single quotes.

Gauche

Thanks Gauche. One paragraph only and I like the single quotes.

 

[Guest]

I'd put it in its own paragraph, and in italics. Not quoted. Matter of taste.

What he said.

Sorry, my answer seems redundant now, but I wanted to answer anyway.

Lou

 

[Guest]

 

[Alex De Kok]

If Laurel permits ...

... try using the <pre> ... </pre> or <blockquote> ... </blockquote> HTML tags in your submission. You might want to try out the efect in a browser first.

Alex

 

[CharleyH]

I would suggest:

John began reading a paragraph from (BOLD) newspaper name. "All, a lot, any, more and much more. The statement was almost obscene."

Is my suggestion.

In newspaper editorial, (though depends on country standards) one would bold the name of the newspaper, seperate by colon and state, but not use quotation marks if my memory serves me. Yet, since this is a story and not a newspaper . . .

I cannot recall a time when I ever read a story with more than one word in italics. Anytime I have ever written anything longer than a word in italics or bold, editors have said, "DON'T."

I'm not a grammatical whiz . . . but that's my take.