ATTACK OF THE KILLER...

COMMAS.

I've figured out commas are one of the biggest grammatical speedbumps I trip over. I tend to leave too many in the sentence. And speaking of sentences...another weakness I have (I'm sure you've noticed if you know me) is that I write EXACTLY like I talk...so I have tons of way-too-long-complex sentences. I'm working on it. The other thing I'm studying as far as the craft of writing at the moment is about goal, motivation and conflict. If you are a beginning writer (more beginning than me I mean) your fictional characters need to have something driving them (motivation) toward something they want (goal) while creating obsticals (conflict) throughout the story to keep them from attaining that goal.

Even though I always write romantic tales with happy endings, when I write a story I set out to do everything in my power to make the reader think there's no way everything could possibly work out for the good for the hero and heroine, and create such havok that it seems impossible that they'd actually end up together.

See what I mean about my loooooooooooooooooooong sentences?
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BLUSH AND CRINGE
That long sentence up there.
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VERSE
With God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26
(Even Cheryl learning to write short sentences.)
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BORROWED PRAYERS
Lord, help us to commit our works to you. Help us to use the gifts you've given us. Help us to teach others freely.


That's all for now.

Blessings,

Squirrel