Thursday, January 7, 2010

Top Ten Writing Mistakes

Author Suzanne Lieurance, an instructor at the Institute for Children's Literature, shares the top ten mistakes new children's writers make.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/specialty_writing/top_ten.htm

3 comments:

Maureen Hume said...

Thank you, Laurie, for the list. It's full of interesting tips for me to ponder.
Can you recommend a good book that would help me with puncutation in dialogue? Most grammer books I've read leave me more confused than ever.

Suzanne Lieurance said...

Hi, Laurie,

Thank you for using my article. I hope it will help other children's writers!

Looks like I need to write some tips for punctuating dialogue next. :)

Happy New Year and Happy Writing!

Suzanne Lieurance
When Your Pen Won't Budge, Read The Morning Nudge!
http://www.morningnudge.com

Laurie Wallmark said...

My favorites grammar books are Strunk and White's The Elements of Style to read and the University of Chicago's Manual of Style as a reference.