by kobowritinglife | Jan 18, 2018 | The Craft of Writing
By Mignon Fogarty Today’s topic is hyphens. Recently a friend was watching the cable channel CNBC and called me over to the TV because the hosts were talking about hyphens. Yup, in the middle of a segment on the economy, they started talking about hyphens...
by kobowritinglife | Jan 5, 2018 | The Craft of Writing
by Mignon Fogarty A while ago, I wrote a piece for the Washington Post blog answering this question they got from a reader: “My mom just criticized me for describing Anna Kendrick as a comedienne. We’ve done away with stewardess and editrix, but what...
by kobowritinglife | Dec 28, 2017 | The Craft of Writing, Tips
by Mignon Fogarty Some time ago, Grammar Girl distributed an editing checklist that turned out to be so popular we decided to make it widely available. Go to http://www.QuickAndDirtyTips.com to print out the checklist and keep it on your desk as a handy reference to...
by kobowritinglife | Dec 21, 2017 | The Craft of Writing
by Mignon Fogarty We have a special top-10 post to celebrate the end of the year, and—before you argue—read the whole explanation about why each of these below is a myth. Grammar Girl’s Top 10 Language Myths: 10. A run-on sentence is a really long...
by kobowritinglife | Dec 14, 2017 | The Craft of Writing
By Mignon Fogarty Dialogue is hard to write and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Getting characters to have individual voices has caused more sleepless nights than too much coffee late in the day. Once the dialogue sounds right and reads right on the page, there...
