yeah, well about the spaces: in most programs, you'll have the rule of: comma/colon/full stop/exclamation mark and so on+ 1 space. On typewriters indeed one can have double spaces after full stops and both a space before and after a colon.
dialogue in it's own paragraph...
How long a dialogue are we talking about then?
I'm really confused here.
consider this hypothetical example:
She had cursed in silence as Jack popped up in her sight. Jack had always been the loud type, the churchbell type, annoying and neverending. Martha would have ignored him if she could, but the corridor had been too small for that. She had started running towards him, but not hard enough and had thereby sealed her fate. *"Good morning, Martha!" Her insides screamed "busted," but she politely answered: "Good morning, look I'm sorry but I'm in a hurry." She then took a swift glance at her watch and hoped that her fake expression of worry would have the desired effect. It did and with a long sentence he let her go: "I won't keep you busy then, but promise me that the next time, you'll take on less work?" She muttered a faint "yes," while speeding away.* Once inside her office, she...
Besides the other mistakes I should use a new paragraph for the part between the stars?