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This can get... confusing, which is why I tend to avoid it, but sometimes, I really want it there. “What?!” [said Character B.] I laughed, giving her a minute to process my words. “You’re get...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T12:10:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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spoopydumpling
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2019-12-08T12:10:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
This can get... confusing, which is why I tend to avoid it, but sometimes, I really want it there. > “What?!” [said Character B.] I laughed, giving her a minute to process my words. “You’re getting married? I never thought I’d see the day!” I want the pause between the dialogue. I suppose I can put an ellipsis, but I wanted action to break the dialogue. However, the action is from Character A which can make it confusing. The scene is a back-to-back dialogue since they’re conversing. This has also happened in another story of mine, and sometimes the action break is too long, so I feel like I should put the action in a different paragraph, but the same person who was previously speaking would be speaking again. **I’m just unsure about the correct formatting.** I wasn’t able to find much explanation on Google.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-06-12T18:26:34Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 7