Elements of Style: Grammar Errata and Other Resources

Thank you! *is happy now* Your post is really helping me with my story since I've just noticed A LOT of errors in it now.
 
Hi I'm thinking of writing a fanfic for the forum is there any format to this? I've written for fanfic on the internet but they post as their own story. Will my story get it's own thread?
 
Er... I have a question. Is it ok if I post up a fan fic I wrote which involves a character dying? I just wanna be sure first.
 
Making a quick stop here... thanks for all the writing tips, I'll keep them in mind for skool and csi fanfics... :)
 
Midnight Tiptoes,

I think this is a great source of information, thanks so much for sharing. It really helped me figure out the then\than thing that always tripped me up. But I have to ask, where did you find the info that says Warrick is half white and half black? On all other sources they only list him as African American, and that was the only ethnicity I've seen them list him on the CBS site. I'd be grateful if you'd cite your source.
 
Wow I just read up there...I should stick to the right format...my stories are so cluttered. I guess I'm used to reading novels lol
 
Ooh! This place is wicked cool!

I have Microsoft Works Word Processor, and it has a grammar check. The one thing I get stuck on is the 'passive voice', like with this:

"...They would not give any specifics, but they said something happened. They also mentioned that they would try to arraign Janna for every fire, but eventually, charges were dropped. After that, the family would move and the same thing would happen."

I can't seem to think of anything to fix that! No matter what I do, it says that one word should be another, and I eould be back at square one again!
 
Grammar rocks. Which is ironic that I say this, as most of my posts here have horrible mistakes.

Just a quick question: On this board in particular, are we allowed to post R-Rated fics with proper disclaimers?

And in response to characters thinking to themselves, I either show instead of tell (I.E. instead of "He's sexy, she thought to herself" I would write "She looked him up and down" or something, to describe that yes, he's sexy, without actually putting it in so many words. Sorry for the crude example, it was all I could think of short notice. Other than that, if internal dialogue is required, I use single quotation marks. This may be wrong. In fact, it probably is.
 
Wow this will come in handy. I'm going to use one of those sites you mentioned because I suck at spelling. Thanks! :)
 
I'm writing my first fic, started out with lots of enthousiasm, but I'm kind of stuck. I find it very hard to write about the CSI's working on a case, using all the terms and stuff. Is there a website that has a list of the terms used in CSI?
 
I appreciate all the writing tips. I've taken numerous English classes and never learnt that much. I'm gonna try and write my first fan fic...a Mac and Stella one that is.
 
The one thing I can NEVER EVER get right are my paragraphs. I never know when to serperate them or if they should be longer. So for my next GSR I'm going to try and work on that...
 
I have a little question. I always thought that after Mrs belongs a dot. But my English teacher said that after Mr, Mrs and Ms shouldn't be a dot. Is this true? (all english teachers at our school learn us different things, really strange)
 
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