Help curb excessive exclamations – resist the urge to use an exclamation point

There is only one exclamation point in Ernest Hemingway’s – The Old Man and the Sea – published in 1951. There were eight exclamation points in Anthony Burgess’ – A Clockwork Orange – published in 1962. But four novels published in the 21st century each have 250 or more exclamation points, with one using 439. And this highlights …