How to Use Punctuation Incorrectly is a course that wants to exercise the inner voice. Punctuation mimics the natural rhythms of speech, the breaks, and rises and falls of intonation, the patterns we speak in, and even volume. Our inner reader's voice wants the same rhythms that are afforded to our speaking voice. It also changes volume and speech; it also wants to stop to take a breath. Using punctuation to surprise, fatigue, and even disorient the inner voice can invoke feelings that help us tell the story, or help readers to understand it better.

This guided discussion-based course examines the genre-bending works of three prosody-defying women. We will read weekly passages to observe the techniques these writers used to play with the inner voice of their readers, to fill in the gaps of language, and even to reassert humanity where it has been lost. We will also be looking for connections between the works themselves.

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