What really makes an editor’s skin crawl? Dangling modifiers! Become a writer/editor’s worst nightmare with a simple home-made costume. Print creepy modifiers on index cards, and attach them with 6- to-18 inch bits of yarn to your sleeves, hair, belt, etc. Some possibilities:
- Despite the pool of warm blood on the floor,
- To ensure the wooden stake was sharp,
- Foolishly relieved that the howling had stopped,
- Startled by the sudden shrill scream,
- With four rat tongues and a pinch of bat wing dust,