Big Bang/Exchange Fic Discussion #1

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Post your threads for Big Bangs and exchange fics here.

Format like so:


SUBJECT: Title [Pairing, Rating] by AUTHOR
CONTENT: Art by whoever

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Comments

Re: DCBB: Code Purple [Jensen/Misha, R] by Ru_salki99

[(Anonymous)]

NA who didn't read this fic.

2)A lot of lines with dialogue are written like this: “It’s something I’m beginning to realise yes,” Misha nodded, “but I had a broken heart too..." The 'but' is supposed to be capitalized.

Not there, it isn't. As far as I remember, when you split up a line of dialogue with a tag like that, you use a comma and don't capitalize. So, for example:

Correct: "You," she said, "are a massive prick."

Incorrect: "You," she said. "Are a massive prick." or "You," she said, "Are a massive prick."

If the tag was between sentences, like in your first example below, then you'd be right.

Re: DCBB: Code Purple [Jensen/Misha, R] by Ru_salki99

[(Anonymous)]

My apologies. I just learned to write dialogue like that, and as far as I can remember, most fic I've read has tagged dialogue like that. Thanks for the lesson!

Re: DCBB: Code Purple [Jensen/Misha, R] by Ru_salki99

[(Anonymous)]

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I think the fact that the author used "nodded" here makes it confusing. It would definitely be correct if they used "said" instead of "nodded," but you can't actually nod words, so they probably should have either used "said" or not interrupted the sentence there.

Re: DCBB: Code Purple [Jensen/Misha, R] by Ru_salki99

[(Anonymous)]

The ayrt rt

Yeah, "nodded" is not an appropriate dialogue tag. It shouldn't connect to that. I really wish people would quit doing that.