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Topic : Re: Using capital letters for shouting I respect that with the power of language, we don't necessarily need to capitalise anything, because a description of how a character is speaking is more powerful. - selfpublishingguru.com

Ann1701686

: Re: Using capital letters for shouting I respect that with the power of language, we don't necessarily need to capitalise anything, because a description of how a character is speaking is more powerful.

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His breathing quickened. "Damn it!" he shouted.

or

His breathing quickened and he shouted, "Damn it!"

All caps reads as amateurish, at least to my eye.

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