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You posted: "Since this is international page there is no need to stick to standards of some specific english dialect and specific rules invented by specific people."

No. English, the language I am writing in right now, and the language you are also using, has rules.

Ignore them if you choose, but remember that it's the same as ignoring spelling.

Feel free to use a different language, but don't disrespect this one.


You posted: "dialogue punctuation is not standardized and can be done in different ways and there is no need to stick to some single style. some styles are more popular some are less but it can be done in any way you like to reflect the mood you want to express and you can see that it is very common practice."

No. You are factually incorrect. There is a set standard style of punctuation.

Additionally, you are failing to use it.


"if you look over internet you can see various methods in use.
You are just proposing everyone to use what is most popular."

No. I am explaining that English uses rules. Words are spelled with certain letters, written in certain orders, and punctuated in a certain fashion.

This is not a personal choice. If you don't use punctuation right, you are not being artistic or original. You are failing to write properly.


You posted: "But this it is not some school when you have to stick to the rules, when you are author of story you invent the rules you can even invent your own grammar if you like.
Everything you write has some meaning, even if you write something wrong this is not really wrong, but serves certain purpose to provide different experience for the reader and to express your way of thinking."

While certain options of style are the author's choice, writing properly is not one.

If I see a story that doesn't use proper punctuation, I won't read it. Much the same as one that uses poor spelling, I simply will not bother with it.

What meaning would such a work have then? None to me.


You posted: "stories are not written in "english" they are written in language of author."

Incorrect, and laughably so. The language used is a language. It may be English or German or Russian, or even Chinese. Regardless, it's still bound by the rules of the language.

If an author expects their readers to know that "Yaman" means "Lemon", they'd best justify it. If they decide not to use full stops, they can't write properly.
If they forget to capitalize the first letter in each sentence, they need to relearn English.

You may consider such things artistic, but that's about as valid as a builder defending a house without a roof by saying that it gives a good view of the sky.

You posted: "
there is significant difference between immediate past tense and retelling something what happened some time ago.

because if you say
"Hello" said jenny
it is different from
Jenny said "Hello"
first sentence is probably happening in present and second is definitely happening in past"

No. That's not the case.
Firstly, Always capitalize names. That's basic, how could you possibly forget that?

Secondly, both sentences are in past tense. To change ether into present, "said" should be "says".
That's also basic.

"also you can shift from one to another any time in your story if you need to make it more intense or calm down"

No. No. Absolutely not, and never.
Never, ever switch tenses partway through a story, you lazy punk.

That's the linguistic equivalent of saying that if you run out of wine, you should serve your guest piss instead.

Don't call yourself a writer if this is your standard.