Man alive, I use *way* too many italics in the first drafts of my books. It think fully 5% of this book is italicized. It's like it's 1985 and I just got my first WYSIWYG word processor and I'm out of control.
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(I also started overusing ellipses for pauses. Thanks for giving me ideas to do more analysis of my writing!)
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Ellipses I use a LOT in social media — they’re very evocative of oral cadences. Not so much in formal journalism yet though ...
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