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12. Not too many commas. You used them in all the right places. THis coming from a writing

Sat Feb 22, 2020, 08:33 PM

Feb 2020

teacher who taught comma rules...your other option is to write a lot more simple sentences. NOt a good option, IMHO.

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HELP! I'm having trouble compartmentalizing. [View all] Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 OP

Go ahead and get it out there Shermann Feb 2020 #1

As a published novelist and a progressive, I completely understand. RobertDevereaux Feb 2020 #2

Merci, mon brave! Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #3

Something that has worked for me. Zoonart Feb 2020 #4

Oh my word! Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #6

How cool is that? Zoonart Feb 2020 #7

Thanks, new writer friend! Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #9

Haha... Zoonart Feb 2020 #10

I have resolved to go on a comma cleanse Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #11

Dayum! Good to know. Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #13

Wow, already you have me hooked. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #14

I need fiction more than ever now Bayard Feb 2020 #5

We all write what we know! B Stieg Feb 2020 #8