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Sentence Structure
Once again, this is something that can make or break an author. If you don’t understand proper sentence structure then you are going to lose your readers no matter how well your plot is thought out. As an author, understanding basic sentence structure is only the tip of the iceberg. We don’t live by following all of the rules, so readers don’t expect to see them followed all of the time. Take this grammatically faulted example for illustration: “Run! Look out! Oh no! Good Lord… What next?” There is nothing in that passage that fits with proper sentence structure but it does elicit emotion and generate interest. As with all…