Description
Compare a dialogue or interruption dash with supplied marker conventions.
Story planning separates the order of telling from fictional chronology, continuity records and practical writing budgets. Explicit labels, counts and invented calendar rules can make a local convention consistent without deciding narrative quality or inferring facts from manuscript prose.
Compare a dialogue or interruption dash with supplied marker conventions.
When to use this tool
Use Manuscript Dialogue Dash Role when checking a supplied story-continuity, chronology, calendar or drafting-budget convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter token, dialogueDash, interruptionDash, suppliedRole. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read matchesRole, ambiguous. Inspect matchesRole, ambiguous before interpreting the associated values.
Compare a dialogue or interruption dash with supplied marker conventions. Require suppliedRole dialogue or interruption; matchesRole compares the corresponding marker, ambiguous flags equality to both supplied markers.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| token | Token | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| dialogueDash | Dialogue Dash | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| interruptionDash | Interruption Dash | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| suppliedRole | Supplied Role | Required. Text; one of "dialogue", "interruption"; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| matchesRole | Matches Role | Required. Boolean. |
| ambiguous | Ambiguous | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"token": "—",
"dialogueDash": "—",
"interruptionDash": "–",
"suppliedRole": "dialogue"
},
"output": {
"matchesRole": true,
"ambiguous": false
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Identical marker conventions are permitted; no actual dialogue role or typographic standard is inferred.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the manuscript, scene outline and the chosen style/calendar policy for a complete editorial review; interpret numerical budgets in their narrative context.
References
Similar or alternative tools
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