Originally posted by Aurelius
LD,

You'll be pleased to learn that 'fragment' sentences have a name. It's called 'ellipsis', and refers to deliberate grammatically incomplete sentences. Very effective in fiction. You're right though; MS Word often highlights them. As it should!

'Ellipses' also include sentences that include three dots like this one... a useful technique for providing a little breathing space.
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What Aurelius says is quite correct.

But I think it's important to add that inexperienced writers should not throw confetti into the air to celebrate the demise of the traditional rules of grammar and syntax. Dialogue (which is a special case) aside, I think the times when it is both correct and necessary to abandon good sentence structure are few and far between.

Learn the rules first -- the exceptions can wait. And, as Fox so wisely said, read and read and read. Try to read English authors and American authors. Try to read authors from each of the last three centuries, at least, to see how English and American fiction and literary style have evolved. Above all, notice how good writers appeal to your senses -- how they describe a sunlit sky, a smoky battleground, the scent of a moonlit garden, the dampness of a London fog, the whisper of a silk stocking, or the bustle of a busy urban street. All five senses have their place in erotica -- use them well.

Our infinitely diverse language has a glorious past, and yet is as modern as tomorrow's newspaper.

Never forget that for many readers, the skillful use of words is the foreplay that will heighten the appreciation of whatever erotic adventures you have chosen to portray.

Boccaccio