STORYTELLER'S NUTS AND BOLTS

by Kristy Taylor

In this column, Kristy Taylor shares tips on punctuation, usage, grammar and spelling. They are, literally, what makes the nuts and bolts of a good story.

Each article in this column will address one item in each area. For more information about Kristy Taylor, do visit her website at www.kristytaylor.com.

For reprint rights for any of these articles, please contact Kristy Taylor.

STORYTELLER'S NUTS AND BOLTS are based on the current industry-standard references in Australia.

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	Article 1 - The Full Stop
	Article 2 - Sentenced for Life: Structure it Right
	Article 3 - Title Your Short Story Right
	Article 4 - Let Your Characters Speak for Themselves
	Article 5 - The Finer Points of Punctuation
	Article 6 - Grammar Did Not Give Birth to Your Mother
	Article 7 - The Character Next Door
	Article 8 - Reposition Your Preposition
	Article 9 - Placing Your Apostrophe
	Article 10 - Words Writers Misspell
	Article 11 - Single Or Double Quotation Marks?
	Article 12 - The Disappearing Comma
	Article 13 - Confused By Some Words?
	Article 14 - The Editor's Which Hunt
	Article 15 - Balancing Your Sentences
	Article 16 - Writing Numbers
	Article 17 - Affect or Effect?
	Article 18 - Than or Then?
	Article 19 - That or Which?
	Article 20 - Homophones: Two, Too & To
	Article 21 - Controlling Your Commas
	Article 22 - Varying Your Sentence Lengths
	Article 23 - A Quick Start to Grammar Basics

Take note: The articles listed on this page are NOT free. If you would like to re-print them, please seek the permission of the author.