: Re: Using exclamation points in fiction I've heard some advice that you're only supposed to use an exclamation point every 100,000 words or so. I'm finding this advice very hard to follow; I've

The only time I use exclamation points is in dialogue, thought, or in describing a thought process or feeling that is not put into worded thought by the character.

My narrator (3rd person limited) never uses an exclamation point. I don't think of my narrators as a personality, they do not get themselves excited, confused, or have any emotions. My characters get angry, excited, horny, playful, fearful, worried, desperate, bored, etc. Characters can use all the exclamation points they need, in dialogue or thought or realization.

When he said that, images swirled in her head, a dozen memories that coalesced into a singular epiphany. Jason was in love with Melanie!This whole time! Holy crap, how in bloody hell did I miss that?

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