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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Is the punctuation acceptable?

She watches him walk to the plane. When he’s gone - a moment of silence... But then, tears start to run down her face.

Is the structure and punctuation acceptable?

  

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It is not formally orthodox, but it is OK for creative writing, in my opinion, except that you have typed a hyphen where you need a dash. You could also consider a space before the ellipsis.

  • It is not formally orthodox, but it is OK for creative writing, in my opinion, except that you have typed a hyphen where you need a dash.
  • You could also consider a space before the ellipsis.
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It is not formally orthodox, but it is OK for creative writing, in my opinion, except that you have typed a hyphen where you need a dash. You could also consider a space before the ellipsis.

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