tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228061546320890543.post3016491122648414689..comments2024-01-05T05:25:41.644-05:00Comments on Writing Fiction Right from novelist Gail Gaymer Martin: Punctuation and FictionGail Gaymer Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299564615451895559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228061546320890543.post-13575902794401108922008-04-09T09:24:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:24:00.000-04:00I love Seinfeld, too, Mimi. Thanks so much. I'm ...I love Seinfeld, too, Mimi. Thanks so much. I'm happy to hear this helped. The comma is a publishing thing as much as anything but the exclamation point is a no-no. Your words have to bring the sentences to life, not the punctuation. (grinning) Use them rarely.<BR/><BR/>Never apologize for being a beginning writer. We all started there and then we grew. You will do the same, and I see you're studying how to write since you're reading this blog. Naturally my book, Writing the Christian Romance has so much more in it, and actually can work for most any genre and secular, too, when it comes to the basic techniques in writing well-written fiction.<BR/>Thanks and blessings,<BR/>GailGail Gaymer Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299564615451895559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228061546320890543.post-81673387681934746012008-04-09T08:35:00.000-04:002008-04-09T08:35:00.000-04:00I was so glad to read about commas. I have been ad...I was so glad to read about commas. I have been adding them, in my mind, to books I read for quite some time now and wondered what was going on. It's good to know. I'm also an exclamation point user. Whenever I read/hear about exclamation points, I always think of Elaine from Seinfeld and her opinion of the use of exclamation point. Cracks me up!!! Thanks for these wonderful tips.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Mimi...a beginning writerMimi Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860967608697974293noreply@blogger.com