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In other words, the more exclamation points a writer uses in his text, the less each one means to the reader. Use too many, and they all mean ''nothing''. The reader will then ignore any excitement or tension that the author wants the points to convey.
As a result, a writer should use them sparingly, and then only in dialogue. ''One'', and only ''one'', exclamation point should end any excited
Further, the classic third-person narrative voice should not use exclamation points ''at all''. An obvious exception can be made if the [[Narrator]] is an actual character within the story who is relating the events thereof, but even then the author should avoid them whenever possible.
Finally, the author should ''never'' end ''every'' sentence in an exclamation
(Text adapted from ''[http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/guide/fwg.txt A Fanfic Writer's Guide To Writing]'' by Robert M. Schroeck, with the permission of the author.)
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