--- Ookla The Mok <ooklathemok@mac.com> wrote:

I'm a bit confused as to why Brian always flags
"Missing speech indicator" as an error.

My sentiments exactly.  Beginning a sentence with a
conjunction or using a sentence fragment where it's
called for are other sins I regularly commit.  Most of
the time, rules of grammar aid in the flow of a story.
 Part of being a good writer is recognizing those
instances when they need to be broken in order to aid
in the flow of a story.  ^_^

	"Are you sure? You might have a concussion, or

internal damage,

or..." Ranma cut off the short haired girl's

comment.

	The last line of this paragraph should be moved

to the next, and if

she's being cut off (not trailing off) you should

probably replace

the '...' with '--'.

Ah, this is a good convention for distinguishing
between types of dropped dialog, a problem I've
noticed in my own writing.  For some reason I've never
used this, though it's intuitive.  One of the benefits
of reading C&C of someone else's fic - you pick up
neat ideas for your own writing.  Thanks for the
pointer, Mr. Randall!
 
Brian W.


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