quotation marks

i don't know either, so i just don't use anything

t. *spits*

>>9574529
Anon said: "I heard OP's mom say 'Gee whiz anon, you're sure great in bed'."
That's the preference. Notably (for /lit/), DFW does it the other way around.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_marks_in_English#Usage

>>9574529
>wrote a novel
>doesn't know the standard ways of writing dialogue
Jesus christ anon.

>>9574529
it's basically down to preference as far as I know

>>9574570 is the best way for most writers

em dashes are the true patrician choice

>>9574583
>Em dashes are the true patrician choice
This is true. I've been using them for dialogue ever since I read Dubliners and Portrait. They're just so aesthetic and flow well. I have no idea why more people don't use them.

>>9574578
I use " because that's the norm I was taught (and also because it looks better for me), however all the novels I've read recently use '. So you can see where my confusion stems from.

>>9574529
Das a pretty picture mang

>>9574529
>should I leave it to the potential editors
So you haven't sold it yet? Well, good luck, but normally you sell an exposé (the "idea" of the book) and the first pages of it and finish the book afterwards (spares you the time to write it if noone wants it).

Back to your question: it's only about your own preference at this point. If you already had a publisher you could take a look at its books and please your future editors by editing it the way that certain publisher uses it.

>>9574671
I have yet to see em dashes used for dialogue.

>>9574770
That's if you are an established author, unless you're baiting
Jesus fuck