BWFoster78
Myth Weaver
I'm struggling with this one right now. My writing group got on me pretty hard a couple of times recently for using too many exclamation points in my dialogue.
By too many, they pretty much mean any.
On one hand, I agree with this statement:
If you can't express emphasis with your words, actions, and verbs, you don't help yourself by using artifical means like making the words ALL CAPS or using exclamation points!!!
On the other hand, this seems off:
He yelled at the evil guy. "I'm going to kill you."
Doesn't "I'm going to kill you!" work better here?
When and how often makes sense to you?
By too many, they pretty much mean any.
On one hand, I agree with this statement:
If you can't express emphasis with your words, actions, and verbs, you don't help yourself by using artifical means like making the words ALL CAPS or using exclamation points!!!
On the other hand, this seems off:
He yelled at the evil guy. "I'm going to kill you."
Doesn't "I'm going to kill you!" work better here?
When and how often makes sense to you?