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.

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

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

Article 24 - Writing Quotes and Speech

Article 25 - Lay or Lie?

Article 26 - There, Their or They’re?

Article 27 - Are You Using Transitions?

Article 28 - Top Writing Books

Article 29 - When To Use Capital Letters  

Article 30 - Homophones – I hear ya!

Article 31 - Do Possessive Pronouns Take Apostrophes?

Article 32 - 8 Pronoun Types?

Article 33 - What Are Your Verbs Doing?

Article 34 - 9 Tips to Getting Published

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