Question

Are speaker tags required everytime when speaker changes?
a) Never
b) Everytime
c) Only on some occasions

Answer 1

Speaker tags are required to be changed (b) every time. But when it is obvious that speakeris present in the conversation between two characters the speaker tag is not required. It is also purely the author's choice to use the speaker tag.....

Answer 2

The answer is b) Every time

A speaker tag is used to denote a speaker and is followed a speech related verb like called, said, asked.

Example: "I can't play" Danny said.

Few lines

- Speaker tags need to be changed every time the speaker changes otherwise the reader will not get a clear picture of who did what in the narration.

- When there are only two speakers it can be used less often.

- But when multiple speakers are present, it has to be changed every time.