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So I'm writing a scene that combines a dialogue between two characters with a countdown from a third party like so:
How should I format the numbers themselves? Should I use periods as in the above example, or should I put an ellipse after each number to indicate that the count is ongoing? Is there a third option that I haven't considered?
"Ten."
"Pithy comment from character A."
"Nine."
"character B disagrees."
"Eight."
"Character A makes a good point."
"Seven."
"Character B calls Character A an idiot," dialogue tag here to help keep everyone straight.
Etc.
How should I format the numbers themselves? Should I use periods as in the above example, or should I put an ellipse after each number to indicate that the count is ongoing? Is there a third option that I haven't considered?
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