tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post6598177316337096434..comments2024-03-17T12:30:03.009-05:00Comments on Teaching Authors--6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing: Can We Give the Exclamation Point a Rest?Carmela Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-56523207791901389042015-06-23T06:52:40.104-05:002015-06-23T06:52:40.104-05:00Well said!Well said!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941070559230226519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-53450666468273589532015-06-22T22:26:29.383-05:002015-06-22T22:26:29.383-05:00April, Carmela, Carla....don't apologize for t...April, Carmela, Carla....don't apologize for the good old exclamation point in things like blog responses and FB postings and the like. I am seriously guilty of doing the same thing. That's a different kind of writing where the marks are emotional shorthand. It's just when my social media style starts bleeding into my "serious" writing that I get annoyed with myself. <br />This week camp is going to be different. I have two kids who are almost physically unable to use a pencil, they are so used to using computers. They were horrified that there were no computers,and they could not bring their laptops. Sighmary ann rodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639787144894232298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-27294568313987426652015-06-22T16:17:38.503-05:002015-06-22T16:17:38.503-05:00OMG, Mary Ann ~ Fabulous!
I'm definitely goin...OMG, Mary Ann ~ Fabulous!<br /><br />I'm definitely going to refer my adult students to this post. <br /><br />I am feeling very (um...nix that word) self-conscious about my punctuation marking of this comment.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />($100 each, eh? I still have one more I can use...)April Halprin Waylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760393691320267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-16874591862665449782015-06-22T10:45:43.082-05:002015-06-22T10:45:43.082-05:00>> If this camp is true to form, it will be ... >> If this camp is true to form, it will be a Whitman's Sampler of writers<<<br />Yep, that's what my camps are like, too, MA. Hope you have a great one!<br />Couldn't resist the !, even though I plan to use your "no more than 2 per piece" rule.Carmela Martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-66374219471964939392015-06-22T09:55:46.752-05:002015-06-22T09:55:46.752-05:00Excellent post.
CarlaExcellent post. <br /><br />CarlaCarla Killough McClaffertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058156420968221446noreply@blogger.com