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Q&A Bending the rules of the english language for effect; sentence fragments and run-ons

I think it is fine and reads well, however, I do not ever break the rules of breaking :-) I don't embed dialogue or italicized thought in exposition. No! I'm not a dengenerate! should appear as a ...

posted 7y ago by Amadeus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-19T22:13:14Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T07:26:44Z (about 5 years ago)
I think it is fine and reads well, however, I do not ever break the rules of breaking :-)

I don't embed dialogue or italicized thought in exposition. _No! I'm not a dengenerate!_ should appear as a paragraph on its own, for example. The same for _No! They know!_, and then "Help!"

FYI: I use italicized thought for literally the exact thing being thought.

In exposition, I don't mind indirect thought, unitalicized, like "Karen thought it was beautiful, she didn't know that level of control was even possible."

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-11-29T18:20:03Z (about 7 years ago)
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