"I have used "double quotation marks" for speech in fiction and 'single quotation marks' for all other purposes. No style guide will recommend this: in British publishing convention, single quotes are used for all purposes, including speech, with speech within speech the only context in which double quotes are used; in American publishing convention, the situation is reversed. Does this inconsistency bother you?"
I do the same thing! I wonder if it's something I unconsciously picked up from fanfiction? Because I did it even in my first piece of English fanfiction, and I also did it in my first piece of Dutch fanfiction, which I wrote before I even really knew what fanfic was. Although I did read Savage Garden RPF on forums before I really knew what fanfic was, so maybe I picked up the double quotation mark thing for speech from that.
The adventures of Bela are a version of Twilight I would actually read!
I think this is my only icon with a book in it, so it'll do for a comment about writing.
I do the same thing! I wonder if it's something I unconsciously picked up from fanfiction? Because I did it even in my first piece of English fanfiction, and I also did it in my first piece of Dutch fanfiction, which I wrote before I even really knew what fanfic was. Although I did read Savage Garden RPF on forums before I really knew what fanfic was, so maybe I picked up the double quotation mark thing for speech from that.
The adventures of Bela are a version of Twilight I would actually read!