“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.
“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement.
“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”
“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”
Things I didn’t know
“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”
You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didn’t know any of this when writing their stories.
Reblog to save a life
I love how easy it can be to learn stuff like this through tumblr and not through school.
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That SpicyHoney? Because I think that’s soME GOOD SHIT
That is some good shit indeed. My favorite to write mainly because of the belligerent sexual tension.
These guys are hate-at-first-sight. And they might try to justify it, but the real reason they hate the other so much is because they think of him as an acceptable outlet for their own self-hatred. (Let’s be real, it’s hard to hate original Papyrus, and my Slim is sad enough that he’s pretty hard to hate too.) I love the snark and the belligerence that sparks between them–and the sexual tension, holy shit. Belligerent sexual tension is my favorite, and these guys have it in spades.
Better still is seeing that relationship change from hate-sex and snappish comments to something softer and sweeter as they realize that there’s more to the other person than either was willing to see before. They grow together, become better people because they learn to reach out rather than lash out.
Best of all is if they keep their snark and balance it out with kindness, care, and support. Spicyhoney should be just that–a balance of both sweet and spicy.
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