How to proofread and redraftSpeech marks

If you have included dialogue (the words that somebody speaks) make sure that you put them all inside speech marks along with any punctuation they need. Treat them as normal sentences but inside speech marks.

Remember to...

• close the speech marks as well as open them
• add a final punctuation mark or, at the least, a comma
• give each change of speaker a new paragraph

Example

John ran in obviously out of breath. “I don’t suppose,” he puffed, “that you’ve seen Ellie? I can’t find her anywhere!”

I was worried but I didn’t want to alarm him, “No I haven’t John. Is she really that late?”