https://iwilldare.com/2008/10/missing-the-mark/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://iwilldare.com/2008/10/missing-the-mark/#comment-22350 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:56:06 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=7677#comment-22350 I read the piece in awe. I didn’t realize fiction writers were not using quote marks in their works——okay, I don’t read everything. Our magazine stresses the importance of correct punctuation. Like Shriver, I need the quote marks (and other punctuations) to help me cruise through stories without having to stop and think. Omitting these important manuscript landmarks would only get me to toss the book into recyling—I wouldn’t want a potential author to pick up on this bad habit. Let’s hope writers don’t take this unusual writing format to heart.

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