: Re: Extra long descriptive paragraph This is one person describing the past behavior of another, who is absent, to two different people. One of the listeners knows the person who is being spoken

@Turnbaugh521

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As Lauren pointed out, you have more than one question in your post. I will take a stab at one of them before the whole thing gets off-topic-ed.

Do I use a period in different places throughout and start a new paragraph in places throughout the dialogue?Though it is still about the same person?

Yes. The common punctuation (in American English) is:

"Open a quotation, then write, write, write, and write. You can break the speech up into sentences and use periods and any other punctuation marks (to avoid run-ons). When you feel that you need to start a new paragraph: do not close the quotation (still the same person talking)...
"Open another quotation, start a new paragraph and keep writing. You can do it as many times as you wish. When you are done with that person talking, close the quotation."

It is, however, only for you to decide if you want to interrupt the monolog with tags or somebody else's remarks, turning it into a dialog.

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