Aw... you guys liked my story... thank you... honestly🤗. It was a labour of love, this one.

And congrats to everyone else who wrote. We all learn something every time we write.

And now... having read this post, I have learned something new!!! So, offline, I always use proper dialogue construction. On Hive, I thought Markup was the preferred method and that is what I have used... I also use different-sized text to differentiate easily between characters in dialogue so that it's easy on the eye. Is that not an acceptable proper use of dialogue construction? Genuine question😊. Will avoid it if it is not Ink Well approved hehe. Finally, I did not know that I should be putting the dialogue tags inside the Markup with the dialogue. I thought the Markup was only for the actual dialogue. My mistake. We live, learn, and grow as a result, thankfully. You are all appreciated. Truly🙏🤗🙌