Were you always gifted with writing? Did your teachers often give you A's for your papers, even when the grammar was terrible, simply because they were so well written? Did you unwilling skip every basic grammar and level one English class in your school career?
If so, or even if you just need a refresher on grammar, check out Purdue OWL. (It stands for Online Writing Lab.)
This is the place I go for answers when I'm questioning the use of a comma or the placement of a hyphen. Here, you can brush up on what's right and wrong and then become your own copy editor before submitting to agents or magazines.
Because even though grammar is one of the easiest things for a publisher to fix, don't you think they'd rather not fix anything at all?
Right. So the next time you question yourself, check out Purdue OWL and submit with confidence. I just used its large knowledge base to quickly proof my short story before I even considered sending it out.
Now, fingers crossed that the grammar and writing are so spectacular, it's only a matter of time to publication.
:)
(By the way, here's the link to Purdue OWL so you can check it out!)
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