: While I'll tolerate it with McCarthy because it gives a certain feel to his book that's appropriate, I'm not as forgiving with other authors. The novel Rules of Civility by Amor Towles uses

While I'll tolerate it with McCarthy because it gives a certain feel to his book that's appropriate, I'm not as forgiving with other authors. The novel Rules of Civility by Amor Towles uses an em dash in front of each line of dialog. Distracted me throughout and bugged me. Not a bad book, but I won't go out of my way to recommend it just because it annoyed me. There seemed no purpose in deviating from more standard styles, it felt pretentious.

So I'd think long and hard about what it does, or doesn't do, for your novel. Will it distract the reader?

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