User blog comment:Steam Phoenix/What are Ellipses?/@comment-24381191-20141122152018/@comment-24101790-20141129045133

I typically put this when reviewing/critiquing a story.

Ellipses are reserved for pauses in dialogue or omitting words from a quote. Using it in the plot itself comes off as melodramatic like this and if the reader paused every time they used an ellipses, it would take them an extra hour to finish reading. (Some stories have in 50+ times in a three page story.)

You can use commas or periods in place of most ellipses and lose nothing in the process. (Thanks to Noothgush for that advice)