Re:Em dashes are fucking amazing
by lesostep on Saturday July 25, 2026 @07:11PM
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It's really hard to find style guides on reading specifically.
But what I see from trawling the posts made by narrators, a lot of them do mention that em-dashes are read as interruptions with sudden tonal shift, while cursive implies a non-interuptive tonal shift.
That said, apparently, most audiobook authors actually supplement their own guidance on how to read their books. I haven't found any universal guide yet.
But what I see from trawling the posts made by narrators, a lot of them do mention that em-dashes are read as interruptions with sudden tonal shift, while cursive implies a non-interuptive tonal shift.
That said, apparently, most audiobook authors actually supplement their own guidance on how to read their books. I haven't found any universal guide yet.