: Re: Description and speech in one paragraph? Can you please advise if there is a preferred way of separating speech and description into paragraphs in English writing? Specifically, I mean a description

@Murray165

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I am not aware of any valid rule that addresses your question. There are some guidelines.

length. If the paragraph is too long, split it.
pacing. If the action is fast use shorter paragraphs, longer paragraphs to show thought.
topic. You seldom want disjoint ideas in the same paragraph except to show contrast.

You may notice that the guidelines I listed do not directly address your question. This is because there is no standard, which is a good thing. The method I like to use is to not add paragraphs to dialog on the first pass, just get the words down, then come back and break things up as needed.

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