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14-11-2015, 10:03 AM
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How to write good

1. Always avoid alliteration.

2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

3. Avoid clichés like the plague. They're old hat.

4. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.

5. Be more or less specific.

6. Writers would never generalise.

Seven. Be consistent.

8. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's superfluous.

9. Who needs rhetorical questions?

10. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
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14-11-2015, 10:44 AM
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Re: How to write good

V good. I 'like' it.

Don't forget apostrophe's!
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14-11-2015, 11:53 AM
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Re: How to write good

I make some of those mistakes. I hope some of my readers will forgive me since the English language is not one I was born with.
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14-11-2015, 01:08 PM
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Re: How to write good

Write as you think. Don't worry about the grammar too much, that's what editors are for.
It's style that counts. I had and maybe still have style.
That's what my editors used to tell me when writing for a national magazine for 8 years.
Also the trade journals craved for my words.
 



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