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Tag: Grammar

Creatives in profile: interview with Phil Connor

October 8, 2019

What do editors want? We caught up with Unbound’s Phil Connor to find out…
Grammar rules and how to break them: the run-on sentence

April 5, 2018

Breaking rules are what all the cool cats are doing these days (and have been doing for years, to be honest with you – it isn’t something that goes out of fashion). Even though new writers may find themselves drawn to the myriad number of ‘rules’ for writing that exist on the internet, there are…
Lines with dots under them: exclamation points and how writers use them! (or don’t use them!)

February 27, 2017

In one of his most memorable pieces of advice for writers, F. Scott Fitzgerald voiced his disdain for exclamation points, writing: “cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.” This has become a (moderately) consensual belief in the writing, publishing and generally literary spheres. The British journalist…
Some of the finest advice on writing – Kurt Vonnegut on stories, structure and style

September 21, 2015

Fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays and five works of non-fiction stand as a towering testament of Kurt Vonnegut’s ability to show us the fantastic in literature, and the extent to which books and writing can make us feel sublime. He is rightly admired by writers, readers – and most people who have…