I know, in my writing, I misuse punctuation at times.

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I write a lot.  In one year… not too long ago… I filled 17 Journals.  The average is about 9.  What can I say, I like to write.  I have wonderful fountain pens that I can write with endlessly, and never get writer’s cramps.  There have been times in my life, when I wrote a lot of letters too.

People have told me my handwriting is very nice.  And I hope easy to read.

BUT, I have developed my own use for some punctuation… to better suit the way I write – especially in my journals.  Here are a couple of examples:

em dash – It’s that long dash like the one right before this sentence.  I prefer it to show a significant connection between to (grammatically correct) sentences.  They could be independent sentences, though one might not make a lot of sense.  My point is to emphasize the connection.

ellipses… I use as an extra long pause.  If you were reading this aloud, this is where you would take a breath.  Though honestly, you are probably going to breath at other places as well.  But that is what I use it for.  Take a mental breath.

Whereas, I know people who would see this misuse as a sign of the coming apocalypse, I will continue to use it, and duck under my desk when I see your car.

And I have some new ideas as well… like… what ever happened to the interobang?!

And don’t get me started on Colons and Semi-Colons.