Jedi-Qui-Gon

The Curse of Run-On Dialogue AKA; Narration Run Amok ----- Original Message ----- [What should I do] about splitting [dialogue] paragraphs that are [all] by the same character? I usually do it for emphasis or to show that there's a brief pause between them. Like when a character suddenly changes his/her topic. -- My Characters Won't Shut Up! -- Paragraphing IS supposed to be divided by character; their actions + their dialogue. However, sooner or later one will run across: Run-On Dialogue. Run-On Dialogue is when one character talks, and talks, and talks...for whole paragraphs --or pages-- at a time. Oddly enough, this problem isn't all that common, but it can happen to new writers who still haven't quite figured out how to break up their dialogue with actions and descriptions. Far more common is the creation of whole paragraphs of Internal Dialogue and Introspection, especially when one writes in First Person POV, or Third Person Close POV. This is known as

The Curse of Run-On Dialogue AKA; Narration Run Amok ----- Original Message ----- [What should I do] about splitting [dialogue] paragraphs that are [all] by the same character? I usually do it for emphasis or to show that there's a brief pause between them. Like when a character suddenly changes his/her topic. -- My Characters Won't Shut Up! -- Paragraphing IS supposed to be divided by character; their actions + their dialogue. However, sooner or later one will run across: Run-On Dialogue. Run-On Dialogue is when one character talks, and talks, and talks...for whole paragraphs --or pages-- at a time. Oddly enough, this problem isn't all that common, but it can happen to new writers who still haven't quite figured out how to break up their dialogue with actions and descriptions. Far more common is the creation of whole paragraphs of Internal Dialogue and Introspection, especially when one writes in First Person POV, or Third Person Close POV. This is known as