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No. All that is required is that the reader know who is speaking. The conventions of dialogue do a good job of that. Bob continued, "blah blah blah." "But wait", Sue asked, "what about b...
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2019-12-08T04:27:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
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No. All that is required is that the reader know who is speaking. The conventions of dialogue do a good job of that. > Bob continued, "blah blah blah." > > "But wait", Sue asked, "what about blah blah blah?" > > "Blah!" > > "Blah?" > > He growled, "no, blah!" And so on. Each change of speaker gets a new paragraph. If there are only two, you can follow it that way, especially if they're saying very different things (so the quote alone is a hint). Every now and then it helps to drop in an "anchoring" reference, but it needn't be a name. Pronouns, references to actions that only one of them could do, and other descriptors will provide the clues the reader needs.
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2015-07-13T13:00:19Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 10