About halfway through my second trip.
I understand the lessons against a passive voice and adverbs, and am going to go back through my creative writing to make a lot of edits. I just had some questions regarding King's personal style.
Does anyone know where his use of hyphens originated? I know he's not unique in this--but he does seem to be the most prevalent--and they seem to either replace commas or parentheses. The standard rule (which I don't necessarily agree with) is that if it's in parentheses it's probably superfluous and should go. That is not, of course, the same rule as commas. Is this more stylistic over function? Does he prefer the way a hyphen breaks up a paragraph and appeals to him visually?
Always end a possessive with 's regardless whether the word end in an s or not.
I understand this with a proper noun. "Thomas's binoculars" as opposed to "Thomas' binoculars". However, this doesn't seem to apply to other nouns. "The monsters's teeth" doesn't look or sound (in my head) right to me. I want to write and say "the monsters' teeth". Monsters being plural, of course. Is the plural noun the exception to this rule? King only goes over this rule in one brief sentence so I was hoping for a little clarification.
And finally...I've finished the writing assignment and was wondering where to submit my story?
I understand the lessons against a passive voice and adverbs, and am going to go back through my creative writing to make a lot of edits. I just had some questions regarding King's personal style.
Does anyone know where his use of hyphens originated? I know he's not unique in this--but he does seem to be the most prevalent--and they seem to either replace commas or parentheses. The standard rule (which I don't necessarily agree with) is that if it's in parentheses it's probably superfluous and should go. That is not, of course, the same rule as commas. Is this more stylistic over function? Does he prefer the way a hyphen breaks up a paragraph and appeals to him visually?
Always end a possessive with 's regardless whether the word end in an s or not.
I understand this with a proper noun. "Thomas's binoculars" as opposed to "Thomas' binoculars". However, this doesn't seem to apply to other nouns. "The monsters's teeth" doesn't look or sound (in my head) right to me. I want to write and say "the monsters' teeth". Monsters being plural, of course. Is the plural noun the exception to this rule? King only goes over this rule in one brief sentence so I was hoping for a little clarification.
And finally...I've finished the writing assignment and was wondering where to submit my story?