: 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

In a script this is easy as all dialogue is simply tagged. But that comes across rather artificial in a novel.

For this example I'd make it a bit more narrator-centric. Looking back and forth between Anna and Carl, observing and interpreting both gestures, facial expressions and spoken words. Reacting both to the conversation at hand and from the history, likes and dislikes this central person has with both participants.

Making all that explicit in small, casual bits should both make the whole conversation and the character's relations fall into place without hampering speed.

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