When writing stories with a number of characters speaking - commonly known as a conversation - each time a different person speaks, a new paragraph is started. For example: This extract, from the late Douglas Adams' novel Mostly Harmless, shows speech marks used to deliver a conversation effectively. It is not always necessary to write the name of the person speaking with each piece of text. You can normally rely on the characters talking one at a time, each new line indicating that the other person is speaking.
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