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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Common punctuation errors.

Here are a few good resources on avoiding some of the most common punctuation errors.


  • http://www.copyblogger.com/punctuation-mistakes/
  • http://www.wilbers.com/punct12.htm
  • http://webs.ashlandctc.org/jnapora/WritersWeb/most_common_mistakes.htm
  • http://www.gopromos.com/Article/Pen+to+Paper+Common+Grammar+and+Punctuation+Errors/7981/Default.aspx
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Adverb advocacy.

I stumbled upon a great post today about adverbs and their proper use:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/12/why-i-am-proudly-strongly-and-happily-in-favor-of-adverbs/249336/
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Great Plot Resource

I stumbled across this site when researching the term "trauma Conga line" (don't ask why).

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage

This is a FANTASTIC resource for plotting and character ideas.
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