Guest Post from Lauren Holden If you want to be a writer, perhaps the first thing you should ask yourself is ‘why’? If you’re doing it for the money, you’ll no doubt be severely disappointed, especially in the first instance. Wannabe writers usually have to start at the bottom; writing for fanzines for free or(…)
A lot of people aren’t aware what an en-dash or em-dash is, let alone how to use them. Unlike apostrophes and semi-colons, misusing them won’t affect the flow or meaning of a sentence. That being said, there is a difference and it’s important to learn it to avoid schoolboy errors. A hyphen is what’s used(…)
As an editor, one of the most common things I notice is a person’s confusion over how to use an apostrophe. Some use them anytime an ‘s’ finishes a word, others are hit-and-miss, using them correctly in some instances and not in others, and others still don’t use them at all. So just how should(…)