Dialogue

Dialogue, dialogue, dialogue.  Get it right!

Be sure you tag your dialogue correctly.

When writing dialogue, I have seen common mistakes that many people make, even I had made many of them when I had first started.  Not a lot of books go over the dialogue tags,  so I am going to give you a quick lesson in how to write these correctly.
Here is an example of dialogue tags:

He said
She said
He snapped
She spoke eagerly
He said in a grudging voice
These are dialogue tags.  The trick is to write them correctly.  For instance;

Wrong:   "Let's get outta here."  He said. 
Correct:  "Let's get outta here," he said.  

Notice how I added a comma after what he said then ended the sentence AFTER the dialogue tag.  The only time you will end the sentence before the dialogue tag is when you are using one of these;  ! or?.  There are other exceptions as well, however.

Example:  "Should we get outta here?"  He asked in a husky voice.

You want to end the sentence BEFORE the dialogue tag then space TWICE and add dialogue tag as its own sentence.
Another mistake people make is when the character is quoting another person.  You should always use the single quotations around the quote.

Example:  "You know, Amy," he began.  "Confucius says 'to go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.'"
This may look strange, but you do need those single quotes in there.
There are a number of other rules that are a must when writing a novel.  I found a great site that explains pretty much ALL the rules of writing dialogue tags.  I suggest all of you check these rules out if anything, to be certain you are writing ALL of them correctly.
Writing World.com
Be sure to check out the rest of there site because they have great information there.  Happy scrawling guys and if you have any questions about dialogue tags, be sure to ask.