A brief guide to punctuation

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Quick tips

Try to omit ‘that’ in unnecessary places in your story for ease of reading.

E.g: He slapped her across the face so hard that she reeled backward.

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Omit unnecessary turn of phrases.

For example:

He shrugged his shoulder

He blinked his eyes

She clapped her hands

Happy to be back again

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Dad or dad?

My dad…Dad…

My mom

Mom…

Capitalize names of relationships only when they are a part of or a substitute for a person’s name. (Often this means that when there is a modifier, such as a possessive pronoun, in front of such a word, we do not capitalize it.) 

“Let’s go visit Grandmother today.” 

“Let’s go visit my grandmother today.”