
I used to do it without quotation marks (I also used to post in present tense), then I changed my style a bit. I started posting using quotation marks so I could start with speech and interrupt it with some sort of description or note.Â
Before-
Berrod Armstrong: I don't know what caused this. Thaumaturgy, maybe?
Berrod Amstrong kneels to examine the burn marks.
Now-
Berrod Armstrong: "I don't know what caused this," The Highlander murmured quietly, "Thaumaturgy, maybe?"
Berrod Armstrong knelt down to examine the burn marks.
Before-
Berrod Armstrong: I don't know what caused this. Thaumaturgy, maybe?
Berrod Amstrong kneels to examine the burn marks.
Now-
Berrod Armstrong: "I don't know what caused this," The Highlander murmured quietly, "Thaumaturgy, maybe?"
Berrod Armstrong knelt down to examine the burn marks.