para's looks plain lazy to me. If you want to say paragraphs, then say paragraphs. Para is not a recognised abbreviation.
Does feedback ever need to be brutal? Brutality is in my mind closely aligned to aggression, and there is certainly never any need to be...
For me, I need to have engaged with at least one of the characters wthin the first few pages to want to go on reading, but there are many ways to...
I wrote a memoir of my early life some time ago. It wasn't and isn't intended for publication. I wrote it primarily for my children, and any...
Sorry - blip in the system - duplicate post
I have no problems whatsoever, apart from having to sign in every time I come to the site (hardly a hardship) and there are problems this week...
I'm sure this must have been raised countless times before, but I can't find a sticky on it - hence a new thread. I do a lot of research...
My observation is that many conventions are breaking down. I was taught to set out dialogue in the traditional way - using quotation marks,...
I always struggle with James's as well. My rather excellent grammar book ("My Grammar and I (or should that be me?") says James's, not James'....
There's no right or wrong about this. Look at Lolita. Unpalatable as the subject matter may be, it's one of the greatest books of the 20th...
What do people do who don't live near the sea?
Separate names with a comma.