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  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread !?!.
    I accept, but are they on my keybaord?
  • Demesnedenoir
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    Gross outside of maybe a children’s book and then max of 2. Cartoon strips excluded as special case.
  • A. E. Lowan
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    Said the man with four monitors before it was even a thing. ;) I will use them, but I'm super selective as to where and how. Usually it...
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  • Karlin
    Karlin replied to the thread !?!.
    “Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.” ― Terry Pratchett, Eric
  • AlexS
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    The best way to show mood and emotion in dialogue is with the words themselves. The second-best is by the dialogue tag ('she exclaimed'...
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    Penpilot replied to the thread !?!.
    For me, it depends. I think something like that best fits stories with a lighthearted slant or instances where a lighthearted tone is...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    I just avoid AI when I can. Google seems to like to do a summary, which for general ballpark stuff, is easy enough, but when I really...
  • skip.knox
    skip.knox replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    Related to Karlin's point about secondary sources, I would draw a wide and bright line between scholarly secondary sources and YouTube...
  • skip.knox
    skip.knox replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    Using only the AI summary for your research is not the fault of AI, it's the fault of the researcher. Historians are taught to consult...
  • skip.knox
    skip.knox replied to the thread !?!.
    It definitely depends--on genre, audience, etc.--but I received some advice in graduate school that I took to heart and I believe it has...
  • pmmg
    pmmg posted the thread !?! in Writing Discussions.
    What do we think about using punctuation in rapid succession in our prose, such as: "What the heck are you talking about!?!" Charlie...
  • JBCrowson
    JBCrowson replied to the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again?.
    Made some good progress, finished the rewrite of The King's Ball chapter, and closed off two minor characters' arcs. 103k words, 13k of...
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