Androxine Vortex
Archmage
I was reading a novel the other day and the narrator/speaker/whatever you call it, had a sentence and at the end used an exclamation mark. So it would look something like this:
Adrian turned around and faced the monster. It was nearly fifteen feet tall, and was charging straight for him!
For some reason, this annoyed me. I don't know why but i have always preferred the "narrative voice" to be more "monotone" and not use exclamation. To sort of just tel me what is happening. To me, exclamation is another way to express emotion, it means excitement or that something is very important. Maybe it's just me, but i can't stand it when the speaker uses exclamation because to me it seems like it should be something only the characters should use. I'm sure the author wanted the fact that the fifteen ft. tall monster was charging straight for him to be exciting and that's why he put it there but for some reason I feel that the narrator shouldn't use them.
Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
Adrian turned around and faced the monster. It was nearly fifteen feet tall, and was charging straight for him!
For some reason, this annoyed me. I don't know why but i have always preferred the "narrative voice" to be more "monotone" and not use exclamation. To sort of just tel me what is happening. To me, exclamation is another way to express emotion, it means excitement or that something is very important. Maybe it's just me, but i can't stand it when the speaker uses exclamation because to me it seems like it should be something only the characters should use. I'm sure the author wanted the fact that the fifteen ft. tall monster was charging straight for him to be exciting and that's why he put it there but for some reason I feel that the narrator shouldn't use them.
Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?