Grammar for Fiction Writers by Chris Saylor and Marcy Kennedy
Contents of Grammar for Fiction Writers
- Part One: Punctuation Basics
- Chapter 1 – Possessives vs. Contractions
- Chapter 2 – Comma Problems
- Chapter 3 – Dashes, Semicolons, and Ellipses—Oh My!
- Chapter 4 – How to Format Your Dialogue
- Chapter 5 – Take It to the Page: Part One
- Part Two: Knowing What Your Words Mean and What They Don’t
- Chapter 6 – Commonly Confused Words
- Chapter 7 – Imaginary Words and Phrases
- Chapter 8 – Crutch Words
- Chapter 9 – Weak Words
- Chapter 10 – Connotation vs. Denotation
- Chapter 11 – Take It to the Page: Part Two
- Part Three: Grammar Rules Every Writer Needs to Know and Follow
- Chapter 12 – Passive Voice vs. Active Voice
- Chapter 13 – Subject–Verb Agreement
- Chapter 14 – Double Negatives
- Chapter 15 – Don’t Get Tense
- Chapter 16 – Lack of Parallelism
- Chapter 17 – Woe Is Me: Dealing With I/Me, Who/Whom, and That/Which/Who
- Chapter 18 – Take It to the Page: Part Three
- Part Four: Special Challenges for Fiction Writers
- Chapter 19 – Dangling Participles and Misplaced Modifiers
- Chapter 20 – Reversing Cause and Effect
- Chapter 21 – Are Your Characters Doing the Impossible?
- Chapter 22 – Orphaned Dialogue and Pronouns
- Chapter 23 – Take It to the Page: Part Four
- Part Five: “Rules” You Can Safely Ignore When Writing Fiction
- Chapter 24- Grammar Taboos That Aren’t
