How to Write Dialogue: When Someone Interrupts

It’s all about the punctuation.

Shaunta Grimes
The Write Brain
Published in
6 min readMar 29, 2024

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For fiction writers, dialogue can be the difference between knocking our books out of the park and punting.

Think about it this way: every single novel has a single objective. It’s the author’s job, through their words, to transport the reader. It’s as close to magic as mere humans ever get.

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Shaunta Grimes
The Write Brain

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