Great Writers Check Their Work! Did I… Leave spaces between my words? Put a capital at the beginning of every sentence ? Put period (.), exclamation point (!), or question mark (?) at the end of a sentence? Spell word wall words correctly?? Spell new words using the sounds I hear? Write at least 5 sentences? Pick 1 interesting topic and add details? Now, read your writing and make sure you can read your entire story! If not, go back and fix!