By: Lindsey Wells

As lovers of the teachings of the ascended masters sharing them when opportunities arise. Many of us have been trained in various outreach skills and activities where we share the teachings with spiritual seekers

Punctuation is our favorite topic, right? Well… maybe not. Nevertheless, we writers need to master the ins and outs of punctuation if we wish to master our craft. So, in the spirit of learning good punctuation, we’ll be examining punctuation puzzles over the course of our next few Writers’ Guild newsletters.

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By: Patrick Rogers

As lovers of the teachings of the ascended masters sharing them when opportunities arise. Many of us have been trained in various outreach skills and activities where we share the teachings with spiritual seekers

By: Patrick Rogers

Whether you are a person who sends the occasional email or a full-time writing professional, correctly using commas can be challenging. Yet, misplaced, missing or overused commas can mess up an otherwise good piece of writing, so mastering the basics of correct comma use is an important skill for all writers.

Last month we discussed the rules regarding the uses of hyphens, that shortest of horizontal dashes (-) found on the key to the right of the zero on your computer keyboard. This month we will explain how the hyphen’s two cousins, the em dash and the en dash, are used.

Perhaps the most misunderstood punctuation mark is the lowly dash. For starters, there really is no such thing as a simple dash. There actually are two types of dashes, the em dash and the en dash. Then there is that short horizontal mark (-) found on the upper right of your computer keyboard. Though often referred to as a dash, this is a hyphen.

We begin with a rule used to edit newswriting. Maybe you’ve heard of the ABC rule, as it applies to what is commonly known as news reporting. If you were an Associated Press reporter back in the heyday of newspapers, your AP editor would have measured every one of your news stories against three criteria. He would have asked is your story accurate, is it as brief as it can be, and is it clear?