The Blue Quill - Table of Contents

Here are a few informal guidelines for cleaning up the most common writing errors that plague fan fiction stories.

The Basics		The comma\| The dreaded colon, semi and otherwise\| Ellipses...why we love them...how we abuse them\| Apostrophes\| Common spelling errors\| Common capitalization errors\| Basic dialogue punctuation\| Say it again, with feeling\| Past and present tense\|

Advanced Topics		Getting started...and getting to the end\| Point of view — Who's telling the story?\| First person point of view\| Third person point of view\| Mixed point of views\| Changing the point of view\| Dramatic structure\| Revising dramatic structure\| Plot construction\| Plotting problems\| Descriptive passages\| Critiques: How (and why) to accept criticism\|

Miscellaneous		Greek names for characters and places\| Copyright theft and plagiarism\| Posting installment stories\|

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