Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don't Want to Work at Writing & Whatever

From the page: "1. Punctuate, damn you: For God's sake, is it really so hard to know where to put a comma? When people read, even in their brains, there's usually some part of them that is sounding out the words. Without appropriate punctuation, especially commas, that... more

Reviewed by booforyou Jul 09 2006, 07:10am ( 18 reviews ) • scalzi.com

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Rated by kenninger on Apr 01 2009, 1:54am

Nice
Rated by snapish on Dec 01 2007, 6:11am

Really good, simple writing advice for us all.
Rated by booforyou on Jul 09 2006, 7:10am

From the page: "1. Punctuate, damn you: For God's sake, is it really so hard to know where to put a comma? When people read, even in their brains, there's usually some part of them that is sounding out the words. Without appropriate punctuation, especially commas, that word-speaking part will eventually choke on the sentence. Having said that, there's a tendency to over-punctuate as well, particularly with exclamation points. Too little punctuation makes it seem you want to collapse someone's lung, too much makes it look like you're a 14-year-old girl writing an IM. You want to avoid both." Some will find this site condescending. Personally, I love it.
Rated by GreenTeaBlend on Apr 20 2006, 6:21pm

"Gerunds are your friend" Thanks to finestkind for the link!
Rated by killerbunny on Apr 20 2006, 4:28pm

From the page: "Also, there were lots of times when Twain just needed to get to the goddamn point, already." The stuff is basic, which is it's purpose, but I do agree with this particular quote wholeheartedly.
Rated by axelthegreat on Apr 20 2006, 4:22pm

Writing tips for those who hate writing. Seriously, it's not that hard, is it?
Rated by DesertGoodies on Apr 16 2006, 9:34pm

But will they listen and learn?

Installing is Easy!