---
title: "Fictional dialogue template in Markdown: two invented people"
slug: markdown-fictional-dialogue-template
excerpt: "Under Title and paragraph anatomy, you copy a fictional dialogue template with two invented people in prose paragraphs."
quickAnswer: "In Prose dialogue in Markdown, you write one invented exchange for two invented people as prose paragraphs, with each spoken line inside a sentence naming who says it."
keyTakeaways:
  - "Beneath Title and paragraph anatomy, you put the title first and the description line above the Exchange heading."
  - "Within Prose dialogue in Markdown, you keep a title, a description and the spoken lines on one .md page."
  - "In Jane Doe's kite example, Jane Doe writes one spoken line for each invented person, in separate paragraphs."
  - "Within Title and paragraph anatomy, you replace two paragraph placeholders beneath the Exchange heading."
  - "Under Filename choice, you find kite-dialogue.md as one name for the sample file."
publishedDate: 2026-10-23
dateModified: 2026-10-23
author: Bobby Huang
cluster: A
role: post
status: published
faq:
  - q: "Next to her spoken line, where does Jane Doe's name go?"
    a: "In Title and paragraph anatomy, you find Jane Doe's name in the first placeholder, inside a sentence around her spoken line."
  - q: "What does the description beneath the sample title say?"
    a: "Beneath Jane Doe's kite example, you see a description line about an invented exchange over a kite caught in a low branch."
  - q: "What filename can I use for this sample?"
    a: "Within Filename choice, you get kite-dialogue.md as the sample filename."
related:
  - what-is-a-md-file
  - markdown-paragraphs-blank-lines
  - markdown-file-naming
---

## Prose dialogue in Markdown

With this fictional dialogue template, you write a finished exchange involving two invented people, here named Jane Doe plus John Doe. You keep their spoken lines in prose paragraphs within a single .md page. You include a name within the sentence containing the spoken line.

For this post's dialogue file, you write the exchange itself, from the opening spoken line through the response. You keep a title and a brief description above the paragraphs. You describe the invented exchange in that description sentence, apart from the spoken words below it.

You can explore a .md file's plain text and its formatting symbols through [the .md explanation](what-is-a-md-file.md).

## Title and paragraph anatomy

You can begin your dialogue file by copying this template, then replacing the instruction sentences with finished wording. You write from the title downward, with a description before the Exchange heading and the spoken lines beneath it.

```markdown
# Write a short title for the invented exchange

Write a sentence describing the invented exchange between Jane Doe and John Doe.

## Exchange

Write the opening spoken line inside a sentence naming Jane Doe as the person who says it.

Write the response inside a sentence naming John Doe as the person who says it.
```

You write the exchange's short title beside the opening `#` mark.

You replace the description instruction with a sentence about the invented exchange.

You see one `##` heading in the template, Exchange; you do not count the `#` title line as a `##` heading. You replace two paragraph placeholders under Exchange with finished sentences containing spoken lines, naming Jane Doe in the opening paragraph and John Doe in the response.

You can examine the difference between a line break and a paragraph gap through [paragraphs and blank lines](markdown-paragraphs-blank-lines.md); in this template, you separate Jane Doe's paragraph from John Doe's response with an empty line.

## Jane Doe's kite example

Jane Doe invented this sample's exchange for this post; both people and their spoken words are invented.

```markdown
# Kite in a low branch

An invented exchange between Jane Doe and John Doe about a kite caught in a low branch.

## Exchange

"There is a kite caught in that low branch," Jane Doe said.

"I can reach the string from here," John Doe said.
```

Jane Doe puts the opening spoken line and John Doe's response in separate paragraphs. Jane Doe includes a name within both sentences containing spoken words.

## Filename choice

You could name this sample's file `kite-dialogue.md`, using the incident and the kind of writing in the name. You keep the exchange and its description together in that one file. You can explore word separators and the .md ending through [naming Markdown files](markdown-file-naming.md).

## Where Sashmark fits

Sashmark is the working name of a Markdown editor and reader planned for desktop computers, for people keeping .md pages produced by AI agents. That program is being built at present and is not out. A folder holding those .md pages is among the file sets intended for Sashmark.

See the [planned features](/features), the [help pages](/help) and the [roadmap](/roadmap) for where each part stands.

[sashmark.com](https://www.sashmark.com/).