Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

How should you format short speech by consecutive speakers?

+1
−0

I understand that you should have a new paragraph for a new speaker however what should the indentation be with subsequent speakers like this?

I have this case in my writing, each is currently indented but as they're all indented (rather than alternating) I'm not sure it's clear enough.

"Come on," Aki said, striding off into the dim light, "It's not far, a few minutes’ walk.".

Remy caught up quickly and fell in step beside him, "You've been there before?" he asked.

"Okaasan snuck me in a few times..."

History
Why does this post require attention from curators or moderators?
You might want to add some details to your flag.
Why should this post be closed?

This post was sourced from https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/11017. It is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

0 comment threads

1 answer

+0
−0

The way you have it is fine. It's clear that each paragraph is a different speaker, even if the dialogue doesn't begin the paragraph.

You may also want to browse other questions here under the dialogue tag.

History
Why does this post require attention from curators or moderators?
You might want to add some details to your flag.

0 comment threads

Sign up to answer this question »