How to use em dashes
Denise and Louise discuss em dashes, or em rules, and how to use them in fiction and non-fiction writing.
Listen to find out more about:
- Parenthetical use
- Indicating a new speaker
- Indicating omission
- Profanity
- Showing faltering speech
- Conveying end-of-line interruptions
Editing bites
- The Magic of Fiction, Beth Hill
- ‘Start here: How to self-publish your book’, Jane Friedman
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Denise and Louise
Music credit
‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.
