Help with Punctuation

[Aussieroughguy]

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[i_would]

Just read the first 1/3rd of the story, and didn't find serious issues. Punctuation is pretty OK for me.

The only issue I noticed is paragraphing: every time another character says something, it should be a new paragraph. Occasionally you have two characters talking in a single paragraph.

 

[kbate]

Go to your used book store and purchase a book on punctuation.

Literally thousands have been published and if you look around, you can find one for $0.25 (they aren't the most popular books in the store).

It is far better to learn than to be told.

 

[sr71plt]

Great basic workbooks for this:

English Grammar, by David and Barbara Daniels (from the "HarperCollins College Outline" series)

Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling, by Eugene Ehrlich (from the "Schaum's Theory and Problems" series)

 

[trace_ekies]

Anonymous Comments

...it was good but there were some punctuation issues...

I don't think I would get overly concerned about this. I've read a few paragrahs of your story and it seems to flow okay. Yes, I might have punctuated it differently, but...

There are people who crawl the site looking for mistakes. The better a story is, the more likely they are to criticize it, and they almost always do it anonymously.

There is no one who writes that can't improve though. Your punctuation will never be perfect and there will always be some anonymous reader who will take you to task for your mistakes. However, if you really want more guidance for your future writing, I would suggest you look at 'Sin and Syntax' by Constance Hale. It is available as an ebook on Amazon and is well worth the couple of bucks or so that it costs.

 

[Aussieroughguy]

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