This is a rule I follow but I see it violated in popular fiction all the time.

One person’s speech, tags, and actions can all fit in the same paragraph, but anyone else’s speech, tags, and actions must have their own paragraph. Remember the rule ‘one speaker, one paragraph.’
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May 19, 2024
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This is a rule I follow but I see it violated in popular fiction all the time. Breaking this rule makes it harder to track who the speaker is.
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Written by Grace Louisa
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Saltier than a cocktail peanut and here to get ignored by a much wider audience.
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