: Re: Quotes around long backstory narrated by a character I am working on a novel in which the characters talk to the protagonist and explain lot of backstory. It can run into tens of pages -

@Kevin153

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Consider writing the local character's story as a separate scene (and perhaps a separate chapter), with clear transitions between the two timeframes:

"So, how did you end up here?" Hero said.

"Make yourself comfortable, youngster," Local Character said. "This is going to take a while."

# <scene break>
It was 1953, and my mother had just shot the sherrif...

... tells the story in first person ...

# <scene break>
Local Character looked at his hands for a long moment. Then he said, "I know you don't believe a word of that. Nobody ever does. But swear every word is true."

... continue with "present-day" story ...

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