@jmclarkthewriter: I feel more and more uncomfortable using em dashes with all that’s going on in this space about ai. While writing my current WIP, I noticed that I’m not using them as often as I normally world. Or swapping them out for more commas, which sucks because I hate using too many commas. lol do any of you feel yourself just naturally distancing yourself from em dashes? 🤔📚 #writertok #writer #writers #writing #writersoftiktok

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fndeepe
F.N. Deepe :
use em! don't let the robots win. let the haters fuel your engagment fighting about it. I won't give 'em up. 🤣
2025-07-28 03:23:11
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jmrobeson
J.M. Robeson | Author :
They can’t make me!!! Em dashes are necessary at points!! Former English professor here, and I’m stubborn. STUBBORN!
2025-07-27 17:04:50
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brynnekarees
Brynne Karees✨Fantasy Author📚 :
Same. These MFs want a bunch of semicolons and they got them… do I like omitting them? No. Will I do it. Yes.
2025-07-27 19:54:35
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inmintcondtion
enchantedinkling📚 :
I use em dash in irl text too I’m not stopping
2025-07-27 16:30:45
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duagwyngoats
Goats and Books 🐐&📚 :
Do not go easy into that good night!!
2025-07-27 17:49:13
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sjtaylorauthor_official
S. J. Taylor, Author :
Sometimes I add an extra one just because
2025-07-27 17:45:36
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aether.and_ink
Aether and Ink :
they feel so much better for pauses than the comma but now I have to go back and get rid of them for the same reason🤦‍♂️
2025-07-28 00:42:53
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abitbookishco
abitbookishco :
I think I have some homework 📚 books to read! ♥️♥️♥️I’m behind on your writing♥️
2025-07-27 18:28:41
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cdeannerowe
cdeannerowe author :
I was never an em dash uses until now. 🔥 I’ll use them whenever I want to
2025-07-27 17:34:50
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jamie.readsonemorepage
Jamie Jamesss 📖 :
Yes! That’s what’s so frustrating to me, because I have always used it and for the people who say there’s no key for it and that’s the proof, it’s honestly so easy to write it. That’s not an excuse to me, in my mind it’s like saying that looks with correct grammar are written by. It’s just not enough for me. However, I am filled with the same sense of gravitation when I use it- it’s the worst.
2025-07-27 22:03:00
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circewasframed
Jelly :
No. I love them. They are elegant. Nothing can replace that pause right before a string of words that shakes the ground.
2025-07-28 00:55:38
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mersmi2
MERSMI :
Same here! Swapping em dashes for commas even though I hate it. Weird how AI stuff changes how we write. Maybe just a phase?
2025-07-28 00:04:25
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ordres1
ordres1 :
Yea I just stop using them 😒😒😒
2025-07-27 19:58:51
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author_dlwhite
DL White- Author 📚🎧 :
Im using even more em dashes. Even where they don’t belong. Yes, sure, I’ve written 23 books, you should definitely assume ChatGPT wrote it. 😈 Email me about it. COME THROUGH. Take my em dashes from my cold dead hands. Look back on books I wrote in 2015 and count the em dashes Bruh.
2025-07-28 00:16:11
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authorludolaine
Author Ludo Laine :
wait I just learned how to use 'em nuuuuuu
2025-07-27 18:37:13
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inspire_authenticity
Inspire Authenticity :
Don’t let them take your punctuational rights.
2025-07-28 00:12:01
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l.n.mckee
L.N.McKee :
Tbh I can’t wait for the day someone tries that with me. a defamation lawsuit will be filed SWIFTLY bc I keep all my receipts 👀 & there’s no way in HELL you’re going to put that on me & my career as an author
2025-07-27 18:48:40
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tara_tator_tot
Tara :
My second book I've written this year is set to be published August 20th. On my final editing round I probably removed over 100...smh
2025-07-27 17:10:36
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authorkpwest
KP West | Author 📚✍️📖 :
I will continue to use them, but it I have been using them less. I've also left a few typos that one of my readers found because that just proves I'm human and used a human editor. 😅
2025-07-27 16:46:20
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storytellerseema
StorytellerSeema :
Love your toks! Your takes are 🙌🏼😆🙌🏼
2025-07-28 01:37:37
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authorlatucker
Author L. A. Tucker :
I don’t care 😅 I’m usually them
2025-07-28 00:51:47
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tennyismyname
tenny (writes garbage.) :
AI couldn’t write the slop that I do. It could try. But it can’t capture awkwardness the way a real awkward human can. I won’t let people who failed 9th grade English dictate my punctuation.
2025-07-27 20:54:29
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stevendanielsauthor
Steven Daniels, Author :
AI that leaned to use em dashes from published books.
2025-07-27 19:41:46
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authorjenniferlrought
Jennifer L. Rought || Author :
I naturally use em dashes! I’m middle aged and have used them for a long time. Now I’m worried people will think it’s AI.
2025-07-27 17:00:10
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e.a.logan
E.A. Logan 📚 thriller/horror :
Em dash has a place, but so does ellipsis and the semi colon. If someone says it’s AI they’re just trying to start something. So not worth then energy to worry about if you know you’re not using Ai.
2025-07-27 18:13:44
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