Can you give me an example of the correct way to paraphrase online for the RAP. I am mature student and haven’t done any academic essays in a very...
Hi everyone! So I've been seeing a lot lately of the rule where you start a new paragraph for a new character's actions, etc etc. Very common...
Hey all, So, in my current WIP, I've had to restructure the last third of the novel and do some rewrites. For some background info regarding the...
So I recently read that the following passages are completely different because of the lack of quotation mark at the end of paragraph one:...
Can you show us how you 'hook' the reader in your first paragraph? I responded to the 'show us your first three sentences' thread, and I realized...
I just had this idea, and I'd like to know whether it works or not. Any advice is welcome. So this would be added to my current first chapter as...
Guys, sorry to bother you with my grammar issues again, but... Do I need to stick to the rule inside a paragraph, or it's enough to respect it in...
Hi, Forgive me for this basic question. I come from a engineering background where we are taught not to indent and instead separate paragraphs...
I saw this was suggested in another thread, so I thought I'd start it. Share your story's first paragraph for others to give you feedback. (To...
For a while I have been short of understanding exactly what a paragraph is supposed to do. From what I have read about composition, a paragraph...
I think I may have developed an inability to understand what I write (this is not a handwriting issue, I type). The recurrent symptom of the...
Someone in another thread suggested the essay topic, "Walking for Pleasure". I was going to write five paragraphs, but I could not elaborate on...
First, I want to apologize for arguing with everyone who was trying to give me advice about my writing style. Taking the advice of some, I have...
It became a point of notice in another topic, but I decided to make one to focus on it. I seem to have some problems with knowing when to begin...
Hello writers! I'm not sure it will work how I imagine it will but let's try it out. Each person writes a paragraph. Not a paragraph length story...
The paragraph: The mutes had robbed him of his of robe and shoes and breechclout. He wore hair and chains and scabs. Saltwater sloshed about his...
I wrote the following paragraph because I couldn't think of anything else to write. This is fiction. I think it is clear, and I am quite confident...
A lifetime ago, I took a writing course taught by Al Dewlen. I've probably forgotten most of what he had to say, but a few things stuck with me,...
I would like to get a broader opinion on what constitutes a paragraph being too long. I have been informed that some of mine are a bit long,...
Hey there, I have always had an interest in writing, but I was never great in school and confidence never used to be my strong suit so I never...
Separate names with a comma.
