Creators Hub
Published in

Creators Hub

In Defense of the Em Dash

Writers worry they overuse it. They shouldn’t — it’s awesome.

“webster”, by J E Theriot

Writers love the em dash — but they all worry they overuse it.

I realized this last fall when I released Just The Punctuation, an app that lets you paste in a chunk of text and it strips out everything but the punctuation.

--

--

Creators Hub is the official resource for writing on Medium. You’ll find advice for succeeding on Medium, spotlights on thinkers across the platform, and inside secrets from fellow creators. We’re here to help you write better, post smarter, and connect with more readers.

Get the Medium app

A button that says 'Download on the App Store', and if clicked it will lead you to the iOS App store
A button that says 'Get it on, Google Play', and if clicked it will lead you to the Google Play store
Clive Thompson

Book Author

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net