I'm starting to embrace it in my writing. Perfect example of AI (originally) being influenced by Humans who in turn are (now) influenced by AI — full circle moment.
I was told that I had to learn to write like a journalist instead of an academic or a story teller for my career. An em dash followed by groups of three. Now I’m scared that people will think my writing was artificially created 😰
I'm starting to embrace it in my writing. Perfect example of AI (originally) being influenced by Humans who in turn are (now) influenced by AI — full circle moment.
IJBOL, but the em dash deserves her flowers, though. Total icon of page and screen... she would be greatly missed😭
Before ChatGPT, I loved using the dash. I would be dashing away on my keyboard.
Now, I fear the dash. I find myself moving away from it and towards a good old comma instead just to avoid any doubt.
If you want to dash, you keep dashing 👍.
I love it!
Good one!
Thanks very much.
Ha ha, clever!
Thanks Esther.
Extra points for making it a POEM too, you might enjoy this compilation of 💖 EMDASHLOVE... without further ado: https://torley.substack.com/p/--
(Gonna add a link to you!)
Thanks very much. I really appreciate that.
"Level with the semi-colon."
Brilliant.
Thanks Damien.
This is so charming. I love how you’ve woven humour and creativity into this. Reading it made me smile.
Thanks Stella.
It plagues my writing for better or for worse.
I was told that I had to learn to write like a journalist instead of an academic or a story teller for my career. An em dash followed by groups of three. Now I’m scared that people will think my writing was artificially created 😰
They won’t. If you say it isn’t, it isn’t. That’s good enough for me. Thanks for reading though.
Thank you 🙏. And of course, I really enjoyed your poem! Can’t wait to read more of your work.
Great - It’s not all about punctuation though (sorry if that disappoints ☺️).
tbh I fear em dashes now even tho I love those
Thanks Sanya.
I love this!!!!!!
Thanks Eve.
Made me smile. Dashes have their place. Semi colons too are necessary for those puzzling sentences. But whatever. I use what feels right. 🤣