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Six years? Congratulation. I usually read romance rather than action. And I also right contemporary, character driven, slow-burn...

Oh, yes. This seems very useful.

IKR !!! Very useful for action scene too. For example: He looks up Then– KABOOOOOOOMMMM

Yes-yes. Timing is very important to keep readers engaged. My novels have long chapters (20+ pages). Without spot-on timing readers...

Love to use it! Very useful to create "timing" Especially after my writing style becoming more dialogue heavy and script-like

Hi Bayley, This is already very helpful. At the moment I'm working on a chapter and it features a ryokan/onsen. I try to get...

Hey Leslie, not from Japan, but as someone who visited as a tourist before. (not specifically the Nagano prefecture.) I can suggest...

yes, you're absolutely right. Even if they are interchangeable (trailing off and interruption), I'd use em dash because they easier to read.

it really depends on the sentence. To my knowledge elipses & em dashes cannot be used interchangably, except for a couple cases...

Dear Folks, I appreciate this might be a long shot but well worth trying. I'm working on a contemporary queer fiction depicting...

Dear Readers, Today two new chapters were published of The Shape of Kindness. If you are into contemporary queer fiction depicting...

Hi Folks, I published new chapters of The Shape of Kindness. Even if you are not into contemporary queer fiction, you might want to have...

what is better visually? ... or — For my em dash stands out a bit more. easier on the yes.

I adore using em dashes, they're just too useful. I read a *lot*, often trying to follow the reading flow that I think™ the author wrote...

Pretty much the same here. Though it would depend on the specific story, in most cases, I'd prefer to have unknowns, at least as the...