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Examples 1 and 3 are fine. You can have a sharp break at the end of a line of dialogue. I'd slightly change 2. 'Come — ' He beckoned me closer with a finger. I wouldn't use a comma after an M...
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2019-12-13T12:00:31Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T04:37:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Examples 1 and 3 are fine. You can have a sharp break at the end of a line of dialogue. I'd slightly change 2. > 'Come — ' He beckoned me closer with a finger. I wouldn't use a comma after an M-dash, because the M-dash already indicates a pause, so the double pause doesn't quite work. This question might also be useful:[How should dialog be formatted?](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/1794/how-should-dialog-be-formatted)
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2015-09-10T09:55:09Z (about 9 years ago)
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