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Possessive apostrophe and names ending in s. - Writing Forums This has always been a curiosity for me too, but a recent publisher's house style guide gave me a great answer a few months ago that I've been using since I'm not sure how correct it is, but it's definitely logical and reflects the contemporary James's trend: James's (belonging to James) James' (I'm going over to the James' house)
James or Jamess - Creative Writing Forums At the age of about six, I was taught that James' is correct and have stuck to it ever since But this morning, I received a review of my latest story and apparently apostrophes at the end of names ending with 's' should read James's or, to use my own character's surname as an example, Myers's
The Mystery of Rhythms in the King James Bible Maybe a moderator could move it there if they would be so kind, but I thought that my piece had much to do with word mechanics, becaause it pertained to the usage of words in the King James Bible, and how, following the best of its rules, the King James Bible achieves rhythm almost as if without effort on the part of the translators
Short Story Club (2): Araby by James Joyce - Writing Forums For this discussion, we'll be reading "Araby" by James Joyce It can be found here "Araby" is part of Dubliners, a collection of 15 short stories In my opinion, "Araby" is the second best story in that collection (after "The Dead") It's a short and straightforward story, so for those of you who are new to Joyce, "Araby" is a great place to
The James Patterson Method - Creative Writing Forums James Michener used first person a lot in his novels to put himself at the periphery of the story In "Tales of the South Pacific", he narrated most of the novel in 3rd person, but inserted himself into a few of the chapters as a minor character It gave a sense of him really having been there
Sherlock Holmes pastiches recommendations? - Writing Forums In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams -- member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents
My character doesnt talk. . . - Writing Forums My main character is a man named James He suffers from depression He doesn't talk for the first three chapters of the book, because he has no one to talk to, and is detached from his emotions You could say he 'exists' but does not 'live' Do you think this is weird, having a character that doesn't talk, and when he does, talks very little?
When do you end a sentence, and how do you lengthen one properly. The King James was only a translation, thus a change to the wording of the Bible, in order to make it more comprehensible to the common man The New English - and a slew of others - does the same thing, putting the KJ's generally sonorous language into something more friendly to the modern ear than does the Shakespearean tone of the KJ
Dialogue? | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing Workshops . . . "Hello, Alison " James greeted Alison with a big smile (That tag—James greeted Alison with a big smile—is a complete sentence on its own So it's separated from James's speech by a period, not a comma ) "Hello, Alison," said James, greeting Alison with a big smile
How do you feel about the use of the word overall in this sentence . . . It was luck that had (blablabla), and overall, it was luck that had brought him James " I think your best bet is going to be to use whichever best fits the tone and voice of the story, the best reflection of the character ETA: It's hard to pick a word for a sentence without knowing the whole sentence or the context of what comes before or after