Exclamations are fantastic for e-mail, and possibly for texts, but when you're writing a novel, use them only for interjections (hey! ow! zoinks!). But just in case you don't think I have enough clout to boss you around, let me pull out a bigger gun.
"Cut out all those exclamation marks.
An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own joke."
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
This year instead of promising to lose 10 pounds (you know you won't) or swear you're going to cut out sugar and eat healthier (until the next slice of cheesecake comes along), allow me to suggest a resolve that's much easier to keep: use your words to make your emphasis instead of relying on a line and a dot.
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I satisfy my exclamation point penchant in emails and Internet comments!!! LOL But in my writing, you'll only see them used for "Look out!" and that sort of thing.
Ha ha, I'm horrible about exclamation points. I'm getting better at cutting them out of my manuscripts, but when blogging... Oh, and I'm bad about smilies too. Here's hoping 2013 is full of blessing for you...not exclamation points. ;-)
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There, I got it out of my system. :)
Now, if I can just get my hubby to stop typing in caps all the time, we will be good.
Happy New Year, Michelle! God bless! (There I go again!)
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