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Queen for a Day

In honor of the royal wedding approaching, I thought it would be appropriate – and fun – to post a tidbit that I’ve used in writing presentations. Students in a British university creative writing class were asked to write a … Continue reading

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Innie or Outie?

No, I’m not going to vent about belly buttons. I’m talking about (and a reader asked about) properly placing punctuation (alliterations later!) at the end of a sentence when quotation marks are involved. Does the period go insideĀ  or outside … Continue reading

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