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Angela & Amy!
 I don't normally use exclamation points in my writing, a lot of the times it makes it look tacky. __________________
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Nikki!
I only use exclamation points for this one first person narrator I have. It works for her. Otherwise, I tend to agree with my english teacher. It's lazy. __________________
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GG is a tacky show so whatev!
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Nikki!
 Exclamation points do look tacky. I rarely ever use them just because I don't want my writing to be like OMG SHE SAID THIS. __________________
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I wonder when we are EVER going to get scenes...
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 I actually use them quite a bit on FF. But in my writing, nooooo. I hate when its like, She said this sadly. She said this happily. Lame.  __________________
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I use them on FF quite a lot, too. But I really don't pay attention to my grammar on FF.
GG has just gotten so sloppy with the writing and has an extremely uneven airtime distribution. __________________
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Quote:
 There are other things you can use besides said.__________________
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I have a pet peeve with repeating words. It drives me insane! So I rarely use said to describe how things are...said.
I will go though my essays and writings and spend like five minutes just trying to come up with another word if I find a repeating word. Even small words, like And or Because. It bugs me. __________________
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I use said a lot, but I hate using -ly adverbs.
I prefer using their actions to describe the emotion.__________________
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Yeah. Thats worse than just saying said.
Sometimes I get too caught up in not just stating things and my work is too vague. Like in English I had to write a piece with the emotion confused, which is hard!!!!!, and somehow it came out angry. Because I exaggerated and was like she felt like slamming her head against her desk. But I wasn't gonna use the cliche like, she bit her lip and her gaze was empty. __________________
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I have a hard time writing through the POV of a confused or "happy" character.
It's easier to write a sarcastic, witty, angry person.__________________
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It wasn't even like a confused character, the tone of the piece had to be about confusion. WTF? Thats hard.
I could do happy but it would be dull. I write intense characters.  __________________
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Why would you write a piece only about someone being confused?
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Because the kids in my class can't write so it was a writing exercise. Some people don't know what tone is.
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