Punctuation (quotes within quotes) in a manuscript?
I am writing a novel and within it I have a character reading aloud from a book. Where the quote from the book begins, however, there is dialogue taki
I am writing a novel and within it I have a character reading aloud from a book. Where the quote from the book begins, however, there is dialogue taking place. Can someone please tell me how to manage the quotations in this mess?
For example:
Mrs. Crabapple read, "'*If you run after me,* said the little bunny,
*I will become a fish in a trout stream and I will swim away from you.*
I know in normal cases it would simply be something like: Mrs. Crabapple read, "'One fish, two fish, read fish, blue fish.'"
Thank you!
or:I am writing a novel and within it I have a character reading aloud from a book. Where the quote from the book begins, however, there is dialogue taking place. Can someone please tell me how to manage the quotations in this mess?For example:Mrs. Crabapple read, \"'*If you run after me,* said the little bunny,*I will become a fish in a trout stream and I will swim away from you.* I know in normal cases it would simply be something like: Mrs. Crabapple read, \"'One fish, two fish, read fish, blue fish.'\" Thank you!
or:You are correct, it is a bit tacky. What Mindstorm said is correct: you start with double quotes and something inside that gets apostrophes, called \"single quotes\" in that usage. If there is another quote, you use double quotes again.
