Written conversations can be made more interesting by using alternative words to said. In the previous example, Arthur and Ford were shouting at each other (over background noise): "He said something about a King," shouted Arthur in return ... There are, of course, many alternatives: "I'm taking up swimming," announces Arnaud.
Try to use different verbs with speech: it makes what you write more interesting! Furthermore, speech can be broken up mid-sentence, before being continued: "There's this road in Scotland," explained Andy, "the fastest ever built!"
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