Dragon In The Suburbs.
He looked back over his shoulder and chuffed, thin lips drawn into a small smile, brow arching in a way that made me pause. “good mood?” he asked smoothly. he seemed to be in one, and that threw me off.
I, Dacien -- Chapter 34 -- Consolidation
Lord xavien is ..." and iudas paused, almost thunderstruck. "returning here?" he said, sounding confused for a moment. "but ..." "wolachya?" asked his cousin. iudas paused, listening for an inner prompting, and shook his head. "no. nothing.
The Subject Under Discussion
Another pause, then: "yes."
Writing Tips
If your characters are talking for more than a minute without a single pause, there's probably something wrong. think of how you would say it. commas indicate the short pause, periods the end of a sentence.
Watership Down - Blueberry's Tale, Chapter 18
Woundwort asked after a slight pause. he looked over to where blueberry was before returning his gaze back on his captain. campion nodded his head as he gave his report.
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“just…” i paused, trying to figure out how to word it without sounding braggy. “y-yeah, i completely cut you off.” “nah, it’s fine.” “yeah. you… you were saying?”
Dragon in the Dishwater, Ch 13
Marlowe paused before nodding to himself. "it was around the time of the crusades... i'm pretty sure." something didn't quite match in eric's mind.
Watership Down - Blueberry's Tale, Chapter 19
One group of rabbits shouted that they were nearly through and blueberry pausing for a moment could see that woundwort ran up to them and began to dig himself furiously into the ground.
Embers of Dawn: Chapter 11: Drinks, Dragons, and Disasters
A pause. “where... are you?” another pause. “…is that a bar?” his wings twitched, barely visible in the background as the floating dragon head and neck rotated around to take in his surroundings, “axton, have you summoning me from a _drinking table?
Festival of Stars
He saw jarzyl pause and glance back at her shoulder at him, with a sudden playful grin crossing her snout.
Cold Blood 20: Pomp and Circumstance
Teodor paused, tilted his head to the right. "i hope not. it isn't my intent. and i don't think i am.
Snowstorm
He paused and blinked. past the immediate trees a steep hillside with large stones came into view. the boy barely took notice before making out a rocky cliff face ahead.