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1. Quotation marks are for words that are actually spoken. Nothing else. If you must do this, use italics. But don't do this. 

2. Don't try to do sound effects. A novel is not a movie. You can describe sounds, when they are relevant, but don't try to reproduce them. If you want us to hear the sound, tell us what it sounded _like_. "Celine banged on the door, which boomed like a bass drum."

3. Don't tell us things we already know. If you bang on a door, it makes a bang. We know this. Tell us what we don't know. "Celine banged on the door, but the only sound it made was like the footfalls of a mouse on newfallen snow."