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The Secret to ParagraphingThe Secret to Paragraphing by *OokamiKasumi
Writing DIALOGUE
The SECRET to Proper Paragraphing
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(NOT a punctuation article.)
Once you know what your characters and doing and saying, how do you get all that down on Paper without ending up with a huge confusing mess?
Putting the Story on Paper.
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Everybody knows that when a new speaker speaks they get a new paragraph, right? In other words, you DON'T put two different people talking in the same paragraph. Okay, yeah, so anyone who has written any kind of fiction learns this pretty darned quick, (usually from their readers.)
What nobody seems to get is that the same goes for a new character's ACTIONS. Ser
Grammar GuideGrammar Guide For Self-Editing or Editing GroupsGrammar Guide by ~LateNightLady
by Kelly Mortimer ©2008
A – Awkward Sentence Structure – Rearrange, rephrase, or try deleting unnecessary words.
Aa – Additive Adjunct – No comma before “too” when it’s the last word of a sentence, and “too” means also. Ex: “Jane graduated from high school too.” Use a comma when “too” appears elsewhere and still means also. Ex: “Jane, too, graduated from high school.”
Ap- Attribution Punctuation – When using an attribution such as “said,” don’t use a period at the end of the preceding sentenc
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i am thinking of joining cause i want to improve my poetry, but i have never done a critique and i honestly don't know if i am able to do a good critique and critiquing is a requirement to join, so what should i do? 
If too many people make such requests, I'll ask them to resubmit instead.
