Could you quote me the relevant definition? :) Or, less snarkily, I don't think it's self-evident that a writer who uses exclamation marks a lot is a bad write

Could you quote me the relevant definition? :) Or, less snarkily, I don't think it's self-evident that a writer who uses exclamation marks a lot is a bad writer (although I can't think of a counterexample). What leads you to say that? (also I'd argue that "abusing" exclamation marks follows from your judgement of "bad writer". Any good writers would be using exclamation marks, not abusing them)