Thanks to Malky for this fun piece, and thank you, Maryan, for always finding engaging topics and writers. I would use exclamation points, but you know.....
Thank you. I made the mistake starting out thinking I had to replicate the exclamation mark heavy dialogue of the animation sources that inspired me, not understanding yet that written prose requires a more restrained and subtle depiction of the dialogue.
Guilty as charged. It's true. Using an online editor rarely changes my overuse of ...
I didn't even know what the word used to describe it was until reading this article.
Thank you for explaining these rookie mistakes. Luckily I don't use exclamation points too often for emphasis, or showing excitement and drama (!!!) I just had to do it this one time. Good article.
Good writing advice! ✍🏼📝
Thanks to Malky for this fun piece, and thank you, Maryan, for always finding engaging topics and writers. I would use exclamation points, but you know.....
*snicker* yes, I know! And you're welcome. I live to do this stuff.
I read every word he writes. The man knows his stuff.
Glad to hear it, Patricia. No matter if we're the best writers on the planet, we can always learn from others' input.
I learned a lot in this article. And I thought I was a fairly decent writer! Thank you for the help!
I enjoyed what he wrote and how he wrote it.
That's music to my ears, Gale.
You make a good point, David! Restraint is usually a helpful practice :)
BTW--you left Medium before I could really get acquainted with your work, but the more I read of you on Substack, the more I want to read.
Thank you. I made the mistake starting out thinking I had to replicate the exclamation mark heavy dialogue of the animation sources that inspired me, not understanding yet that written prose requires a more restrained and subtle depiction of the dialogue.
Malky is one of the best. Thank you for featuring him. And I learned some good stuff once again.
Yeah, the smiley face--the epitome of professional communication.
I almost always use an exclamation mark on the last sentence on most of my Substack posts:
"Thanks for reading!"
I may change it to a smiley face after reading this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, I couldn't help myself there. Also, Grammarly did not underline all those exclamation marks. Very interesting. Thanks for the info.
Malky is one of the best of the best. I'm grateful to him for guesting on Pen2Profit.
Guilty as charged. It's true. Using an online editor rarely changes my overuse of ...
I didn't even know what the word used to describe it was until reading this article.
Thank you for explaining these rookie mistakes. Luckily I don't use exclamation points too often for emphasis, or showing excitement and drama (!!!) I just had to do it this one time. Good article.
Appreciated