Timeline for Do you include punctuation when a character cuts off in dialogue?
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| Oct 15, 2020 at 2:38 | vote | accept | Tasch | ||
| May 19, 2020 at 21:18 | answer | added | phoe47nix | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 19, 2020 at 0:57 | answer | added | Acid Kritana | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 18, 2020 at 17:16 | comment | added | Naomi | In your example, it is clear that character A is starting to ask a question, since "what" is a question word. I think you could leave out the question mark at the end. But you do have a point with the intonation thing. My guess is it's up to you as the writer--a lot of things are like that. | |
| May 16, 2020 at 20:12 | answer | added | S. Mitchell | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 16, 2020 at 14:41 | answer | added | Samuel G | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 16, 2020 at 3:51 | history | asked | Tasch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |