Comments on: The Dance of the Em Dash https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/ A Blog On Writing Sat, 06 Dec 2025 18:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Julie Weathers https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-175014 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 18:53:13 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-175014 First off. Happy birthday Jenny. I hope you had the most wonderful day filled with everything that brings you joy.

Second, Lisa, that was brilliant. Good job. You know my adventures with AI.

]]> By: denise https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174666 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 05:59:48 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174666 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Yes--a recruiter tried to use the Marine's day as a tactic to get me to enlist. lol

]]> By: Jordan Summers https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174659 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:54:08 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174659 Happy Birthday! Very funny...and oh so true. I love em dashes and have used them for years. Now I'm scared they're going to be 'used' against me.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174658 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:07:22 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174658 In reply to denise.

I didn't know that, Denise!! Cheers to Nov 10th...it's us, and the Marine Corps.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174657 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:06:08 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174657 In reply to Margie Lawson.

Right? This post is a masterpiece. And like Lisa said, we owe a portion of that to YOU!

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174602 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:16:40 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174602 In reply to denise.

Thanks for reading, Denise! Em dashes rule!

]]> By: denise https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174595 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 06:40:37 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174595 I love the em dash.

Happy Birthday, Jenny! We have the same birthday!

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174588 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:11:55 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174588 In reply to Nicholas Rossis.

Nicholas, and isn't it fascinating that "AI slop" can be applied to beautiful hand-crafted copy? Meaning it probably isn't slop to begin with. You may have to switch to semi-colons for a while! Or the undervalued periods. I do hope that we can eventually reclaim the emdash!

]]> By: Nicholas Rossis https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174572 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:26:01 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174572 I love this!

As a professional copywriter, I was so proud of my command of the em-dash. Then, AI came along. At first, I was indignant. I'd keep using it no matter what. Then, a few months ago, disaster struck: my boss asked that I stop using it for fear that our clients might mistake my beautifully hand-crafted copy for AI slop.

Reluctantly (VERY reluctantly), I had to start using a simple dash in place of its glorious sibling. Dang it, AI, you ruin everything!

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/the-dance-of-the-em-dash/#comment-174564 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:19:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=55950#comment-174564 In reply to Margie Lawson.

Thanks, Margie! You are the queen of cadence! I'm convinced that AI is copying you!

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