We’re halfway through week 2 of National Novel Writing Month. Today we’re continuing our review the rules for common punctuation. This essay first posted on Feb 6, 2019. As always, if you’re already up on these rules, thank you for stopping by and happy writing!
Over the years, I have seen many books written by wonderful authors who overuse em or en dashes.
I also tend to do that in blogging and in Facebook posts, and my first drafts can be peppered with them. Em dashes are a kind of author’s crutch because it is easy to rely on them.
Trust me, readers find it distracting to see an em dash in every paragraph. Some editors don’t want to see one on every page. Their point of view is that the em dash is like any other repetitive word in a manuscript. As a tool, it’s useful as a way…
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Thank you, thank you! Golly, I’d never even heard of the em dash. This is all such a steep learning curve for me but I’m loving it all. Thanks again and I look forward to more from you. Katie
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Thank you, Katie 😀
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Welcome, Katie 🤗
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❤ Thank you for the reblog Chris! You made my day!
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Welcome, Connie 👍🤗
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Enjoyed your post, Connie… Em-dashes is/are one of my favorites! Here’s the url to a 2016 post on my blog. I’m going to jump over to your blog right now. Thanks for the reblog Chris. https://mumbletymuse.com/2016/05/03/punctuation-police-please-protect-qwerty/
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High five! Love that title!
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thanks Connie.
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