0
0
0
0
Hashtag
#SavetheEmDash
Advertisement · 728 × 90
Fun fact: before the em dash became a style choice, it was a safeguard.
Writers used long dashes to hide names or places—to avoid lawsuits or scandals.
It let writers omit what couldn’t safely be named.
#FunFactFriday #SavetheEmDash
0
0
0
0
We like the em dash because readers feel it. It slows the sentence just enough to signal thought in motion—someone reconsidering, clarifying, caring.
That pause creates trust. And it only works when it’s chosen, not automated
#SavetheEmDash
0
0
0
0
The em dash didn’t come from a machine.
Machines learned it from us—from older books, careful writers, real pauses on the page.
It was never theirs to overuse.
It’s ours to choose.
#SavetheEmDash
0
1
0
0
Fun fact—
The em dash is named for the width of a capital M, acting as a convenient bridge between sentiments. Measured. Intentional.
#SaveTheEmDash #FunFactFriday
0
0
0
0
Emily Dickinson is often called the queen of the em dash.
She wasn’t styling her lines.
She was thinking on the page.
The dash let her pause without closing—hold two ideas at once—leaving space for the reader.
#SavetheEmDash #EmilyDickinson
0
0
0
0
Two hyphens is a typo the computer fixes for you. An em dash is a choice you make.
The Arsenal:
Win: Alt+0151
Mac: Shift+Option+[-]
Join the movement. Reclaim the pause. Arm yourself.
#SavetheEmDash
0
0
0
0
AI mimics the mark, but it can’t master the meaning.
We’re the Em Dash Society. We believe in the power of the intentional pause and the beauty of human nuance.
Stop letting a bot decide how you sound. Reclaim your voice.
#WritingCommunity #SavetheEmDash
7
1
0
0
I agree! #SaveTheEmdash 😁
1
0
0
0
All “together” now…
#WIPSnips WOTD, from my litfic WIP — exes who remained friends discuss their breakup years later over a meal & drinks.
"We were good together — at least I thought we were — but it is what it is. Life goes on."
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #authorsky #savetheemdash
11
2
0
0
I will not—ever—give up the em dash.
#allemdashesaremyown
#savetheemdash
#ArtistIntelligence
#emdashstrong
3
0
0
0
Training week and conference at work, a lot of AI talk. If I hear that you shouldn't use em-dashes anymore one more time I might not be responsible for my actions
#SaveTheEmDash
1
0
0
0
Come on guys*!
For Emily Dickinson!
Save the reputation of the em dash!
#emdash #savetheemdash
*non gendered
4
1
0
0