Laurel
Kitty Mama
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Hi guys... Since we started the the volunteer editor's program, I thought I'd give y'all a place to discuss story editing issues, like grammar, sentence structure, etc. etc. Here, voluteer editors can share with readers and writers some of the common mistakes they see and what they think makes a story look (and read) sharp. Readers can ask for opinions of the editors and fellow readers & writers on how a certain paragraph/esentence/phrase works or does not work.
We realize that many of you writers submit your stories in order to get feedback on them, and many of you are interested in more in-depth feedback than what you receive. This forum is meant as a place where you can get comments on specific grammatical/structural issues.
I thought I'd break in the board by mentioning a common error, off the top of my head..
Misuse of punctuation in quotes:
examples:
"Suck me there", she said. - WRONG
"Suck me there." she said. - WRONG
"Suck me there!", she said. - WRONG
"Suck me there" she said! - WRONG
"Suck me there," she said. - RIGHT
"Suck me there!" she said. - RIGHT
In a quotation, the ending punctuation relating to whatever the character said goes inside the last quote. If the sentence they said - in this case "Suck me there" - would end in a period if taken out of the quotes, then you would substitute a comma IF the quote was not the whole sentence (as in this case, where it ends with 'she said'.)
Also, a few spelling notes:
"tongue", not "tounge" or "tounge"
"cum" or (preferably "come"), not "cummm", "cummmmm", etc.
"blow job" is two words
"hard-on" is hyphenated as shown
also, be aware of these homonyms:
"their, they're, there"
"too, two, to"
"it's, its"
Hope this helps! We want to help make your stories shine, so if there's you have questions, please don't be shy about asking!
We realize that many of you writers submit your stories in order to get feedback on them, and many of you are interested in more in-depth feedback than what you receive. This forum is meant as a place where you can get comments on specific grammatical/structural issues.
I thought I'd break in the board by mentioning a common error, off the top of my head..
Misuse of punctuation in quotes:
examples:
"Suck me there", she said. - WRONG
"Suck me there." she said. - WRONG
"Suck me there!", she said. - WRONG
"Suck me there" she said! - WRONG
"Suck me there," she said. - RIGHT
"Suck me there!" she said. - RIGHT
In a quotation, the ending punctuation relating to whatever the character said goes inside the last quote. If the sentence they said - in this case "Suck me there" - would end in a period if taken out of the quotes, then you would substitute a comma IF the quote was not the whole sentence (as in this case, where it ends with 'she said'.)
Also, a few spelling notes:
"tongue", not "tounge" or "tounge"
"cum" or (preferably "come"), not "cummm", "cummmmm", etc.
"blow job" is two words
"hard-on" is hyphenated as shown
also, be aware of these homonyms:
"their, they're, there"
"too, two, to"
"it's, its"
Hope this helps! We want to help make your stories shine, so if there's you have questions, please don't be shy about asking!