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LITERALLY PLEASE JUST START A NEW PARAGRAPH, THANK YOU.

Please

Please, please, please, please, PLEASE,

When writing fiction

And a character is talking

And a line of dialogue from a different character starts up

PLEASE

START. A. NEW. PARAGRAPH.

We can argue the arbitrary nature of the rules of writing in English all the day long but the truth of the matter is, that is how it’s been done to make reading easier for a long time and if you’re going to break the rule or use an exception, you need to know how to do it, and not just assume that anyone reading can follow along your incomprehensible string of dialogue unseparated by new paragraph breaks.

PLEASE