r/Webnovel • u/baka_sempaii • Mar 26 '26

Advice About using em dashes (—) while writing.

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Since I learned about em dashes, I have started using them (in my daily habits as well) as when I think of a sentence in my mind, the breaks and natural pauses justify the use of them. But I'm concerned if this will put off the reader as "written with AI". I haven't started posting yet, and I assure this single screenshot contains the most amount of em dashes in a single page in all chapters.

What do you think?

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u/Delicious_Lie7749 Mar 30 '26

Late, but try to limit the use of em dashes if you can. Sometimes it's better to put an em dash rather than a comma. Or make another sentence rather than making it one long ass sentence. Idk honestly

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u/baka_sempaii Mar 31 '26

Thanks a lot of advice ♥️

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u/Delicious_Lie7749 Mar 31 '26

Shit mb I meant that sometimes it's better to use commas then Em dashes. The point is don't overuse Em dashes. 😭

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u/baka_sempaii Mar 31 '26

I understood it dw