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Narrative Tense—Right Now or Way Back Then

on January 31st, 2012 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

There’s a lot of contention concerning narrative tense—should stories always be told using the past tense or is present tense a true option.

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Punctuation in Fiction—Are There Prohibitions?

on January 11th, 2012 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

Apparently some in the writing community think semicolons have no place in fiction. But all punctuation has a purpose and can be put to use in novels and short stories.

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Use Words, Not Punctuation, To Tell Your Story

on September 25th, 2011 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

Punctuation can overwhelm a sentence or paragraph. Poor punctuation can be a distraction, pulling readers out of the fiction and out of the mood to read your work. Let words tell the story. Use punctuation for other purposes.

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Multi-Tasking Characters or Impossible Actions?

on July 27th, 2011 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

Characters look phony and unreal, making fiction seem unreal, when writers give them concurrent actions that can’t possibly happen at the same time.

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On Grammar and Punctuation

on May 30th, 2011 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

The rules of grammar and punctuation are many; explore the importance of knowing how to use grammar and punctuation correctly.

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Should I Use Absolute Phrases? Absolutely

on May 10th, 2011 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

An absolute phrase is a modifier you might use in your writing, but one you might not have heard of. Learn the proper uses of absolute phrases, and give yourself one more tool for crafting creative sentences.

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Single Quotation Marks—A Reader’s Question

on May 7th, 2011 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

Single quotation marks don’t have many uses in American English. Learn when to use them and how to use double quotation marks and italics for emphasis.

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More Punctuation in Dialogue—A Reader’s Questions

on March 22nd, 2011 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

Can you combine dialogue for multiple readers in one paragraph? Learn what readers expect about dialogue and why it’s important to follow the rules.

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Forget the Writing Rules

on March 20th, 2011 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

Some writing rules are not rules, certainly not rules that must be followed to craft understandable and engaging stories. Let’s look at some of the rules we can toss out.

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Writing Basics—The Paragraph

on March 15th, 2011 by Fiction Editor Beth Hill

There’s much more to a paragraph than what you learned way back when. See what your paragraphs can and should be doing for your stories.

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