tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post3481775378490872208..comments2023-04-12T10:45:21.979-04:00Comments on Deathday Letters: Blog Chain: Breaking the Law! Breaking the Law!Shaun Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01480241164653893038noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-35389639068494075812009-09-22T14:08:33.550-04:002009-09-22T14:08:33.550-04:00I have a deep, deep dislike for all caps and excla...I have a deep, deep dislike for all caps and exclamation points in stories. I think it comes from working at a paper.Kathryn Hupp-Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776391661543060879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-26331150921035346882009-09-17T21:02:46.280-04:002009-09-17T21:02:46.280-04:00I am very guilty of overusing fragmented thoughts,...I am very guilty of overusing fragmented thoughts, too. Definitely a YA tendency.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008393380426608631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-21905872096677421482009-09-17T19:32:56.351-04:002009-09-17T19:32:56.351-04:00I didn't think not having fragments was a rule...I didn't think not having fragments was a rule except in, like, academic papers. I feel that in fiction there's a lot more room to experiment.Annie Loudenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008836459417708235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-33789868126417495932009-09-17T15:44:18.138-04:002009-09-17T15:44:18.138-04:00I have to admit - I'd never even heard of the ...I have to admit - I'd never even heard of the Oxford comma before this chain started. Then again commas and I have never been on very friendly terms - I tend to prefer the more easy-going dash.Kate Karyus Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581176126578915929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-3257914082298545892009-09-15T18:04:00.107-04:002009-09-15T18:04:00.107-04:00And now I know my rigid comma rule has a name othe...And now I know my rigid comma rule has a name other than <i>serial</i>. Thank you!<br /><br />Annie Proulx's THE SHIPPING NEWS used fragments in a way I hadn't read before, or been exposed to. They read like stage direction or scene description in a script. It took some getting used to, but made for an interesting experience.Shannon Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824123805925551656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-13801600602927204882009-09-14T15:18:20.171-04:002009-09-14T15:18:20.171-04:00Awesome post. Nice to meet a fellow Oxford comma-...Awesome post. Nice to meet a fellow Oxford comma-man. Your examples are dead-on, and I agree with your thoughts about how we often think in short, choppy sentences. Nice job.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07823808700523297184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-6552541284183779272009-09-14T13:23:44.372-04:002009-09-14T13:23:44.372-04:00Great post, Shaun. I don't think it can be sta...Great post, Shaun. I don't think it can be stated enough how important it is to know the rules so that you CAN break them. I'm sorry to hear that you lost the battle with "sneaked", though. I think you put up a mighty fine argument.<br /><br />- and LOL! That IS how I roll. :DCole Gibsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384758019054580574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-10941086629847868922009-09-13T18:27:57.173-04:002009-09-13T18:27:57.173-04:00ooo I love fragments :D Really. I do. See? Fragmen...ooo I love fragments :D Really. I do. See? Fragment it up!!!Michelle McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730366330276974943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-32078622908424481502009-09-13T16:54:42.834-04:002009-09-13T16:54:42.834-04:00Great post...and man, we BOTH love the sentence fr...Great post...and man, we BOTH love the sentence fragment. Must be a YA thing!Christine Fonsecahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986034666903054819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-23415634109667535542009-09-13T16:04:11.748-04:002009-09-13T16:04:11.748-04:00Who would have thought the Oxford comma would beco...Who would have thought the Oxford comma would become a motif in this blog chain?Sandra Ulbrich Almazanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365908651235829765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-21236691693999611822009-09-13T13:51:42.051-04:002009-09-13T13:51:42.051-04:00Great post! I love fragments, especially when writ...Great post! I love fragments, especially when writing first person. I think that fragments carry a lot of weight.Amanda Bonillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983960181205765184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-45061027109930395422009-09-13T10:54:50.416-04:002009-09-13T10:54:50.416-04:00Great post! I like breaking the prologue rule, bwa...Great post! I like breaking the prologue rule, bwahaha! But sometimes I'm sneaky and just title it Chapter 1.B.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767654810069240472noreply@blogger.com