tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post1765324490852809104..comments2024-03-18T21:13:12.753-04:00Comments on Jacob Russell's Barking Dog: Quotation Marks in FictionJacob Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-39331198019406369832007-12-10T12:43:00.000-05:002007-12-10T12:43:00.000-05:00Hey, Rob in Denver! Thanks for your comment!A conv...Hey, Rob in Denver! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment!<BR/><BR/>A convention works until it doesn't.<BR/><BR/>Whether it works or doesn't depends on what you want it to accomplish.<BR/><BR/>What is "clarity?" What do you want to be clear?<BR/><BR/>I didn't say that I dismissed quotation marks. I said I've found they don't work for what I want to do--because they don't work, not because they're "Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-84965160819376429992007-12-10T11:38:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:38:00.000-05:00Interesting post and I think I understand what you...Interesting post and I think I understand what you're driving at. Trusting the reader to make these connections is important in developing trust between you and them.<BR/><BR/>Where things begin to fall apart for me is dismissing quotation marks for dialog simply because they're "silly little printers signposts." <BR/><BR/>If that's it, why stop there? Why not skip periods and commas and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com