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Em dash is what you want for a sudden stop. Basically a normal dash but a bit longer.


 
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Em dash: —@


 
As for ellipses, they are used when trailing off, which 99% of the time in a real conversation would result in someone else talking. They tend to get insanely overused in fanfiction, because people think that hesitation is cute, and no one would ever talk over their protagonist. :)

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Em dash is what you want for a sudden stop. Basically a normal dash but a bit longer.

@Dash: -
Em dash: —@

As for ellipses, they are used when trailing off, which 99% of the time in a real conversation would result in someone else talking. They tend to get insanely overused in fanfiction, because people think that hesitation is cute, and no one would ever talk over their protagonist. :)