The quotes are, admittedly, an English language standard.

Also admittedly, other languages have other standards.

Yes, the standards can be mixed, but that's the reason I don't read ....Joyce? Sounds about right, anyway. James Joyce is a famous dead author, who in at least one of his stories used hyphens to open dialogue.

However, he kept his dialogue and description on separate lines. He used paragraphs.

>>1394
>I think quotes give impression that story is happening in the past while hypends give impression that it is going now.

I've never seen it that way, and I doubt I ever will.

Past tense (Had, Gave, Drove, Paid, ect.) tells you that it's already happened. It's also the most common tense used in fiction. Present tense (Have, Gives, Pays, ect.) is stuff happening right now. It's not nearly as common, used mostly in dialogue. Future tense is a lot more tricky, is very rarely used outside of small bits of dialogue, but when used right can be an excellent framing device. Also, in the English language, we have no specific verb forms for future tense. It's usually "Will" + "Present tense verb". Kinda odd now that I think of it.