Your Friend, The Oxford Comma
The serial (Oxford) comma may be a matter of style, but it's still your friend.
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Erika M. Weinert
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
"Is it Runned or Ran?" asks her daughter.
Do common spelling and grammar errors in a book reinforce the errors in a child's mind? Perhaps.
Erika M. Weinert
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
Sun-kissed mountains, ten-dollar bills, eleven-year-old daughter . . . What do these have in common?
A hyphen is needed between two words that function together as an adjective before the noun they describe.
Erika M. Weinert
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers
Dangling and misplaced modifiers. What exactly are they, and how do I avoid using them in my writing?
Erika M. Weinert
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
How Many Spaces After End Punctuation?
Have you ever wondered why you see two spaces after a period in some instances while only one space is used in others?
Erika M. Weinert
- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
Hello October!
Oh Fall, how I've missed you. October is my favorite month with its autumnal colors found everywhere from deciduous trees to seasonal...
Erika M. Weinert
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
Killing Your Darlings (Don't Panic!)
What this means is that anything unrelated to your story's overall plot needs to be revisited with unsentimental objectivity.
Erika M. Weinert
- Sep 14, 2020
- 1 min
Book Review: "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman’s writing style has a classy old-world feel to it.
Erika M. Weinert
- Sep 7, 2020
- 1 min
Trimming the Fat for Fiction Writers
Are you a writer who feels incredibly out of her depth? When a first-time writer gets close to completing her very first novel, the...
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