I don’t think—” “Well, you never think!” “Because For a non-dialogue beat to break up a line of dialogue, use either commas or em-dashes: then I realized,” Jane said with a sigh, he lied to me.” “And “that the antidote”—Matt shook his head—“I don’t think we can save him.” “Without When the speaker has started to say one thing, and changed his or her mind to say something else, use the em-dash: don’t want to - I mean - I won’t hurt her.” “I
“Well, I don’t think—” “Because you never think!” For a non-dialogue beat to break up a line of dialogue, use either commas or em-dashes: “And then I realized,” Jane said with a sigh, “that he lied to me.” “Without the antidote”—Matt shook his head—“I don’t think we can save him.” When the speaker has started to say one thing, and changed his or her mind to say something else, use the em-dash: “I don’t want to - I mean - I won’t hurt her.”