[Alassante]

I have used a couple of direct quotes of dialog from the book in one of my upcoming chapter and I am not sure how to mark it online. Do I just put a * by it and note it at the bottom? Italics and *? A (1) by the first and a (2) by the second? Both are from the same chapter in LOTR, Two Towers. I had just planned to put the book and chapter number. Do I need more? Help?

[NeumeIndil]

I've usually seen it done by denoting the cannon text somehow (either italics or in bold type) with an astrisk (*) before it to an author's note with the citation. The citation should have at the very least Tolkien's name and the book title, and they usually also include the chapter # or name. If you're really feeling inspired, the page number(s) can be included too, though those might change depending on the printing of the book.

Hope that helped,

Neu

[VanatheEverYoung]

That's the ambitious way of doing it. I've always seen a general disclaimer at the top of the chapter "Some quotes taken from ..." If you're going to denote the quotes within the story, I recommend using nothing more than an astrisk at the end of the quote. Anything else is really distracting and shocks the reader out of the story.

[mistressofbucklebury]

I use an * at the end of the quote and then an Authors note to say which book and chapter the quote is taken from. Since both quotes are from the same chapter one authors note should be sufficient. I certainly wouldn't put page numbers or anything because different editions will mean that just ends up confusing people.

If the quote is someone speaking who isn't in the chapter you've written then too differentiate that from the speech in your chapter you might want to italisize or bold the quote, just so people recognise that fact. (hope that makes sense)