Imagine life as a fiction editor (interview with Amy Schneider, author of the Chicago Guide to Copy Editing Fiction)
Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.
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How to Use Semicolons in Fiction
I don't think we want to pepper fiction with semicolons it is a little bit more formal and a lot of people don't know how to use them so that's you know but that goes right along with the rule of fiction. I always do an extra pass for semicolons what I'm done to make sure there aren't any in there because that's what the author wants, he says.
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