10.07.2008

Exclamation points

My writing teacher once told me that you only got two exclamation points for your whole life!!

Since I used them all up just then, I'll have to rely on other things to get emotions across.


"Look," she said, raising her voice and her arm as swiftly as I turned my head.

She held the door opened and inhaled deeply, filling her lungs to capacity before she let it all go in a rush of words. "Get out of here."

He looked behind us. He looked down. He looked behind us again. The decision was made before he even said, "Jump."

When the spotlight hit him, his body contorted and stopped mid-motion and his eyes went wide as he spat out the words, "Don't shoot," before guns were even drawn.



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