Effective Writing Practice

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I saw this in my draft list and I can’t remember where I got this. But anyway, I’m re-posting it. Hope you learn something from it to help you write effectively.

• Avoid alliteration. Always.
• Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
• Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
• Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
• Contractions aren’t necessary.
• Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
• One should never generalize. [--> my favorite ]
• Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
• Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
• B more or less specific.
• One-word sentences? Eliminate.
• Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
• Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
• Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
• Who needs rhetorical questions?
• Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.