Punctuation 101: A Fiction Writer's Guide to Getting it Right

THE FICTION WRITER'S GO-TO GUIDE FOR PUNCTUATION RULES You don't need to be an expert in grammar and punctuation to write great novels, but you do need to learn the basics. This handy reference book includes all the need-to-know punctuation rules for fiction writers, and it is presented in a clear, user-friendly format with many examples for the visual learner-including some from popular novels. Award-winning novelist Jill Williamson is a gifted teacher who helps writers develop their craft at conferences and online at and . Are you tired of paging through massive style manuals or scouring the internet for information on em dashes, colons, or which words to capitalize in a title? Punctuation 101 can save you time and energy, which you can spend writing your novel.

Jill Williamson writes fantasy and science fiction for teens and adults. She is the author of twenty books, including her debut novel, By Darkness Hid, which won several awards and was named a Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror novel of 2009 by VOYA magazine. She also has written several books on the craft of writing fiction and teaches writing in person and online at and at , the latter of which has been named as one of Writer's Digest's "101 Best Websites for Writers." She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two children. To learn more about her novels, visit her online at