I am trying to persuade you, and I am trying to alter your reality . I am trying to get you to think that the exclamation point is a bad thing and that it is overused. The words carry a lot of weight. My words and my exclamation points do alter you perception of this article. No, I did not.
Words can be demons or heroes.
They can corrupt and pollute or they can save the day and take your ideas to new heights. That yields great writing. Of course not. The thing to remember is that the words you use impact the reality of the user. The smallest changes can have the largest impact.