Florida Man and the semicolon is too sexy for its own good
carriejonesbooks Most people think they understand the semicolon. It’s a period topping a comma, right? You use it to do something or um … yeah …?
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Don’t Be So Wordy, Punk, plus Stabbings and Vampires
A lot of us humans and writers spend a lot of time trying to impress people by being extra wordy. And it seems like we’re all trying to avoid the…
Don’t Dabble Writers, Commit. We Know What a Hyphen Is and That’s Sexy.
Jared Leto is a somewhat polarizing guy for who-knows-what reason. He’s model-pretty, a vegan, an award-winning actor and a musician. And there’s this quote I (Carrie) read that struck a…
Aw, Ah, Aah, Awe, or Ah is that Underwear?
None of us are perfect with the grammar, especially not us native-English speakers. We’ve got all these words that mean totally different things but sound EXACTLY THE SAME! And today,…
A Story Is About More than Mechanics and Grammar.
Too often we really focus only on the mechanics of story. Writers and student-writers are told to make perfect sentences, understand the use of the semi-colon, and to spell words…