How To Punctuate Dialogue Video. The dialogue text is the part of the sentence being spoken, and the dialogue tag (or action) is the part where the speaker is identified (usually in the way of [character name] said). This video will show you how to write good dialogue and how to punctuate it correctly.
Notice there is a star next to how dialogue is punctuated. Punctuation should always be inside the quotation marks. Direct dialogue (with tag last):
Separate the quoted material from the dialogue tag by commas.
The rules are pretty simple: The simple comma is your friend! Use it when tying up speech around dialogue tags (the old favourite, ‘s/he said’). Commas go in particular places, as do terminal marks such as periods and question marks.