Here are more writing tips! Let’s get straight to the point of the pen folks! (No pen intended – I mean, no pun intended) Remember – Never fully rely on spell check as you can see above. Pen and Pun are words. Spell check does not check for “context.” Air and Err are both real words. Now, start writing and good luck! Hope you enjoy a little bit of the humor below. Writing is fun and remember you can write a book! Self-Publish with Instant Publisher!
- Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.
- Never use double negatives.
- Use the semicolon properly, always where it is appropriate; and never where it is not.
- Reserve the apostrophe for it’s proper use and omit it where it is not needed.
- Verbs have to agree with their subjects.
- No sentence fragments.
- Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
- Place pronouns as closely as possible, especially in long sentences.
- Hyphenate only between syllables and avoid un-necessary hyphens.
- Write all adverbial forms correct.
- Do not use contractions.
- Avoid commas, that are not necessary.
- When you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
- A writer must not shift your point of view.
- Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
- It is incumbent on us to avoid archaisms.
- If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
- Steer clear of incorrect verb forms that have snuck into the language.
- Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixed metaphors.
- Avoid modernisms that sound flaky.
- Avoid barbarisms: they impact too forcefully.
- Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
- Everyone should be careful to use singular pronouns with singular nouns in their writing.
- Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration.
- Do not string a large number of prepositional phrases together unless you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death.
- Avoid overuse of “quotation” marks.
- Never use more words than are necessary to get your point across: be concise.