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Q&A How is a dialog interruption actually shown?

Let's say two characters are conversing and one character interrupts the other in mid-sentence. How would that actually be shown in dialog? I have seen some use a hyphen at the end of the sentence ...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Osiris93‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:20:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/27566
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Osiris93‭ · 2019-12-08T06:20:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
Let's say two characters are conversing and one character interrupts the other in mid-sentence. How would that actually be shown in dialog? I have seen some use a hyphen at the end of the sentence but I have also seen an ellipsis used as well, but which is the most appropriate?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-04-16T11:41:19Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 5