Writing Tips

I don't think of myself as a beta, more like a glorified prereader, but, alas, I have beta'd for a few fic writers. In the process, I find myself pulling up helpful articles to explain grammar rules that I just know but don't even really understand myself. I don't understand much, really. It's sad. Anyway, I thought it'd be nice to have a home for said articles. So if you're writing and/or doing beta work, these may come in handy. The Chicago Manual of Style is also a great resource.

Commas:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/serial-comma.aspx
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/comma-splice.aspx
http://theeditorsblog.net/tag/commas/
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/comma-before-too/

Quotation Marks within Quotation Marks:
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

Ellipses:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx

Em Dash:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/dashes-parentheses-commas.aspx
http://www.thetwilight25.com/2012/11/hyphens-vs-dashes-and-how-they-affect-your-word-count/

Semicolons:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/semicolons.aspx

Dialog:
http://www.writersdigest.com/tip-of-the-day/write-like-a-pro-master-the-rules-of-dialogue-in-writing

Adverbs:
http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/the-dreaded-adverb-problem

That:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/omitting-that.aspx

Lay vs. Lie:
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/lay-vs-lie?et_mid=585141&rid=232949523
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/lay-versus-lie.aspx

Characters:
http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/characters.shtml