Overuse of exclamation points makes it read as if your characters are yelling All! The! Time!A good rule of thumb is to seek and destroy the vast majority of exclamation marks (a good 90%), using them only when absolutely necessary to enhance the moment. Instead, see if you can use stronger verbs/descriptives to paint the tone of the moment to really draw the reader in visually and with sensory details.
Unfortunately, I LOVE exclamation points, and use way too many of them, lol. Fortunately, I edit rather than write stories myself, so I can use them to my heart's content in my missives and drive everyone nuts!
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