: Capitalization after interrupted dialogue I'm confused about proper punctuation, spacing, and capitalization when a character is speaking and is interrupted by actions without continuing dialogue.

I'm confused about proper punctuation, spacing, and capitalization when a character is speaking and is interrupted by actions without continuing dialogue.

"Maybe we couldâ€”" My phone rang.

"Maybe we couldâ€”" The dog started barking.

"Maybe we couldâ€”" He raised his hand to silence me.

"Maybe we couldâ€”" Was that a scream?

Was it correct to capitalize My, The, He and Was?

Also, when another person is speaking and is interrupted.

"This is one of the bestâ€”" She was interrupted by Danny.

"This is one of the bestâ€”" She didn't finish.

"This is one of the bestâ€”" Started Jim.

Is it correct to capitalize She and Started?

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As a general rule, I tend to use dashes where the character is dramatically interrupted where as ellipses are used when it's a subtler interruption.
I.E.

Tony:"But at least Thanos doesn't know where the final-"
Steve: "OH CRAP!"

vs.

Tony:"But at least Thanos doesn't know where the final..."
Steve: "Oh Crap."

In the former, Steve has an immediate and very sudden realization that something has gone terribly wrong. In the later, it's a softer realization.

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