Yesterday I talked about punctuating dialog. One place that gets tricky is with exclamation points. If you use too many, it gets grating. Even though your character is still excited, angry, or agitated and probably yelling, using too many in succession tends to acquire the look and feel of a comic book.

Therefore, don’t over-use exclamation points! Save them for where they’re really needed for emphasis! Too many gets annoying and reduces their impact!

Capiche?