Overlapping Lines

In real life we are often smart enough to see where things are going in a conversation.

So we may start responding before the other person is done speaking.

This is overlapping. We do it all the time.

In theatre performance there are many places where overlapping lines can give the scene an energy and urgency that is tremendously appealing to the audience.

But there isn't really an equivalent format for this in novels or short story writing.

I think that the closest we can get to this as writers is the interruption. What's your opinion?

More on the interruption next time.