: Re: What's the best way to format dialogue that goes back and forth (with three characters in the scene)? Example: "Roses and a dead body?" Anna wrinkled her fine nose. "I don't see the

@Goswami879

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There's no hard-and-fast rule for how often to attribute dialogue, but the general goal is clarity. If readers are finding a section unclear, it should be reworked.

In this example, I'd just add a few more tags.

"Roses and a dead body?" Anna wrinkled her fine nose. "I don't see the
connection."

"And they came from Paris," I said. "How did it end up here?"

She frowned. "Yeah. It's a six-hour drive. What kind of nut would travel that long
to deliver flowers to a corpse?"

"Maybe the person was already here?" I suggested.

Carl held up his palms. "Ladies, ladies, slow down. Let's look at the
questions one by one."

It feels awkward, I know. I think it's one of the reasons multi-person conversations are much rarer in fiction than in reality.

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