I began my surface-level editing by using the search tool to find all of the places where I use commas. When I write, whether it be nonfiction or fiction, I tend to use a lot of commas. I identified each comma I came across as either introductory, comma splice, or a serial comma. If I could not classify the comma into one of the three categories, I looked at whether or not I needed it. I either deleted it, changed it to another form of punctuation, or rewrote the sentence in a way that was correct. I found that I tend to connect independent clauses a lot with commas, but I don’t use a FANBOY coordinating conjunction.