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How do I scream in print?

July 30, 2022 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

Young man yelling earnestly, open-mouthed, staring at you with wide-open eyes!

“….” by r0ck (Rakesh Ayilliath) is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. Original question: When writing, should I describe a scream instead of having the character yell out, “Ahhhh!”?   Ooooh, good question. The answer, of course, is “it depends.” First, it depends on the accepted styles of expression and the tropes of your genre. Pirates […]

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: onomatopoeia, phonetic