diff --git a/src/game.rs b/src/game.rs
index 0a9dbb7..e3e51a0 100644
--- a/src/game.rs
+++ b/src/game.rs
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ impl ToString for Game {
         }
 
         for dialogue in &self.dialogues {
-            segments.push(dialogue.to_string());
+            // this replacement is silly but see segments_from_string() for explanation
+            segments.push(dialogue.to_string().replace("\"\"\"\n\"\"\"", ""));
         }
 
         for ending in &self.endings {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 514b4ce..6d5c5dc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ fn transform_line_endings(input: String, mode: TransformMode) -> String {
 
 #[inline]
 fn segments_from_string(string: String) -> Vec<String> {
+    // this is pretty weird but a dialogue can just have an empty line followed by a name
+    // however, on entering two empty lines, dialogue will be wrapped in triple quotation marks
+    // so, handle this here
+    let string = string.replace("\n\nNAME", "\n\"\"\"\n\"\"\"\nNAME");
+
     let mut output:Vec<String> = Vec::new();
     // are we inside `"""\n...\n"""`? if so, ignore empty lines
     let mut inside_escaped_block = false;