Hello, SErs! Harmony here 🙂 While working with an American editor the self-same week that my last post on Wicked Words went live, an amusing situation (word-wise) arose. It had to do with our uncommon common language between UK and US English. We think we're saying the same thing, when in fact ... Oh dear! … Continue reading Lost in Translation
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4 Ways to Pack the Power of Scrivener into Your Series
Hello, Story Empire readers! Today, I'd like to cover a topic about Scrivener that may help a few of you out when you didn't know you needed help. A while back, I wrote on this blog about using Auto-complete and Keywords. Today, I'm going to expand on those tools in regard to developing a series … Continue reading 4 Ways to Pack the Power of Scrivener into Your Series
Wicked Words
Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 A couple of books I've read lately have reminded me of how some common words are actually wicked words that like to trip us up at every chance. Because they are such common words, we think we know them and what they're all about, but in fact, we've picked up … Continue reading Wicked Words
Commas and how to use them (Part 2)
Hello SErs! It's Harmony again with part 2 on Commas and how to use them. If you missed Part 1, you can find it HERE. Last time, we looked at Listing (Standard or Oxford), Introductory, and Joining commas. Today, we cover the Gapping, Bracketing, and other comma uses. The Gapping Comma We use a gapping comma … Continue reading Commas and how to use them (Part 2)
Commas and how to use them (Part 1)
Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 I hope this finds you all well. Today, I'd like to take a look at commas. For such a small punctuation mark, it has a big impact on how well or not our sentences read. Though we use commas a lot of the time, few of us understand them fully. … Continue reading Commas and how to use them (Part 1)
