: Re: Avoiding "and" as a sentence structure I have a horrific habit I'm finding it very difficult to break. A disturbingly large portion of my sentences consist of the same structure-- two parts

In addition to Monica's great suggestions for structure once you've located the problem, you need to develop a way to find all the problem sentences.

Either at the beginning or end of every writing session, search through your new text and look for and. Look at every pair of clauses you've joined and highlight them. Then go back and start rebuilding them, not using the same fix twice in a row if you can help it.

Whether you do this at the beginning when you're fresh (and you want to get back into the story, and can look at your work with a little distance) or at the end when you've run out of steam (so you feel like you've put it to bed for the night) is entirely dependent on your personal workflow.

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: We just addressed this recently, and the excellent answer suggested was guillemets. Â« and Â»

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: I kind of like the idea of starting with #2, but italicized and as its own paragraph — almost like an epigram leading off your essay. In fact, if you can get two or three of these

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: A tricky serial semi-colon A serial comma is used to separate a list of items: For breakfast, we had ham, eggs, and toast. A serial semi-colon is used when items in the list have commas:

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: The main person or force opposing the protagonist of the story. Not the "villain," since the protagonist does not have to be "good" or a "hero." The antagonist is whatever is preventing the

: Re: Avoiding "and" as a sentence structure I have a horrific habit I'm finding it very difficult to break. A disturbingly large portion of my sentences consist of the same structure-- two parts

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: We just addressed this recently, and the excellent answer suggested was guillemets. Â« and Â»

: I kind of like the idea of starting with #2, but italicized and as its own paragraph — almost like an epigram leading off your essay. In fact, if you can get two or three of these

: A tricky serial semi-colon A serial comma is used to separate a list of items: For breakfast, we had ham, eggs, and toast. A serial semi-colon is used when items in the list have commas:

: The main person or force opposing the protagonist of the story. Not the "villain," since the protagonist does not have to be "good" or a "hero." The antagonist is whatever is preventing the

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