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Tag Archives: creative nonfiction

Andrée in a Hat, Reading, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

“That hat!”: Punctuating How You Feel

When it comes to punctuation, there’s a difference between formal prose and creative writing.

August 20, 2019 in Fiction+.
Door Open

Commas and Independent Clauses: A Creative Opening

A comma is normally placed before a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so, yet) that joins two independent subject-verb clauses—that is, clauses that could stand on their own as complete sentences. . . .

June 18, 2019 in Fiction+.
As I was saying

“Can I Use Parentheses in Dialogue (or Not)?”

Parentheses can be used almost anywhere, but they are rarely seen in fictional dialogue or in quoted speech of any kind. The problem with parentheses in dialogue is that readers may not know exactly how to interpret them. . . .

May 14, 2019 in Fiction+.
Two halves of an orange connected by a comma

Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

Most writers and editors learn not to join (or splice) two independent clauses with a comma alone. . . .

April 16, 2019 in Fiction+.

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