2007-09-19

kengr: (Default)
2007-09-19 01:24 am

God help me...

I volunteered to help someone who is writing a new NiS story.

Their spelling is pretty good. Their grammar is so so. And their sentence structure is driving me nuts.

In their defense, I believe that English isn't their native language. But I'm playing English teacher. And having to explain things like:

Don't have multiple topics or scenes in a single paragraph.

Don't run sentences together

Don't stick commas in where they don't belong...
kengr: (Pinky)
2007-09-19 12:56 pm

Writing tip...

(From an authors list I'm on)

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Which drew this response:

And for those who don't know when to put a comma before a name, notice the difference below:

"Let's eat, Grandma."
"Let's eat Grandma."