Yeah, exclamination marks. I can't stand it when I read a traditionally published book by a writer with a top agent and a major publisher, where the rules are broken. I have been told more than once by editors etc., don't say 'then he turned', or...
Talking about exclamation marks, for years, I couldn't read Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None because there were so many exclamation marks, it felt like shouting in my head. Thankfully, Audible became popular because I listened to it...
In this one, @Sedayne and I discuss The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a gothic short story with delicious voice and an abundance of exclamation marks. And this one is a special episode. Why? Because it's our first to be...