Comments on: Kiss Your “As” Goodbye: A Simple Grammar Trick for Better Fiction

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:30:45 +0000

In reply to Gretchen. Because the post is from 2014.

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:30:11 +0000

In reply to gretchen. We did back before people started policing every word. Go watch Seinfeld. Never heard of the "Soup Nazi?" Granted, when this post was written, I never imagined we'd be a bunch a histrionics who see Nazis around every corner. Context also matters. If I peel and eat a potato, then that is a tuber and a food. If I tell someone their brain is a potato, that is a slur. The assumption made when posting this almost 10 years ago was that adults and people who understood nuance were the audience.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:54:28 +0000

Why do we only see comments from 2014?

By: gretchen

gretchen — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:43:28 +0000

Very helpful, but please don’t use the word Nazi as such a casual and/or humorous description.

By: robin witt

robin witt — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:46:50 +0000

Great artcle – I struggle with this sequencing issue constantly!! Hopefully the suggested word searches will help as I’m working through my second draft.

By: Adrifter

Adrifter — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 03:15:54 +0000

Sometimes writers make a similar mistake with the gerund. Or maybe it isn’t technically a gerund in this usage. I’m not sure. I suspect everyone has encountered it: “Closing the door, Ben leaped across the room.” Those actions probably aren’t simultaneous.

By: katkent2014

katkent2014 — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:48:18 +0000

Reblogged this on writersback and commented: Kiss Your "As", "When" and "While" Goodbye, by Kristen Lamb. You have to write CAUSE before you can write EFFECT.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:59:21 +0000

So glad I read this article! Definitely going to comb through my ms to find these mistakes!

By: rolandclarke

rolandclarke — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:20:08 +0000

Think I like the article, although I’m now totally confused by what is correct. I was about to edit a short story, so planning to use your suggestions. But now unsure what I am doing. Solution: stop writing, and read other people’s work. Been confused by Grammar my whole life… maybe that was why I became a journalist.

By: Elizabeth cooper

Elizabeth cooper — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:18:15 +0000

Loved this one! I never realized I was making these mistakes. So glad you shared, I will definitely add this to my editing list.