: Re: What tense should the dialogues be in a first person singular write-ups? I am writing my novel in first person singular in the past tense as narrated by the protagonist. So obviously the narrative

@Murray165

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As the others have already said, there is no right way to write dialogue. The narrative voice is in past tense like you say, but with the dialogue, it comes down to how you want the character to say it. So if you want your character to say:

“You don’t understand, Ella is my girlfriend. She knows everything
about me, it's almost 2 years that we are together. We are in a
relationship.”

Then make them say that. It's entirely up to you how your character says their sentences. I say you should write out the dialogue, the same one, a few times until you find the one that sounds right to you. Hope this helped in some way.

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