July 2011
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William Safire's Fumblerules
writingadvice:
Remember to never split an infinitive.
A preposition is something never to end a sentence with.
The passive voice should never be used.
Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.
Don’t use no double negatives.
Use the semicolon properly, always use it where it is appropriate; and never where it isn’t.
Reserve the apostrophe for it’s proper use and omit it when its not...
June 2011
44 posts
“If you want to write, write it. That’s the first rule.”
– Robert Parker
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot...”
– Stephen King
“When asked, “How do you write?” I invariably answer, “one word...”
– Stephen King
“If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written...”
– Toni Morrison
“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be...”
– Gloria Steinem
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not...”
– Graham Greene
“Writing is thinking on paper.”
– William Zinsser
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at,...”
– Joan Didion
Will Write For Chocolate - For Writers,... →
This comic. Oh wow, this comic. ♥
“The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar,...”
– William Makepeace Thackeray (via writingadvice)
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
– E. L. Doctorow
writing advice: Oakley Hall's 15 Writing Rules →
writingadvice:
1. Write every day.
2. Observe and listen.
3. Employ all the senses.
4. Use strong verbs.
5. Detail!
6. A specific always beats an abstraction.
7. Describe people and places in terms of motion.
8. Anglo-Saxon words are usually more effective than Romance-language-based words.
9. Fiction is…
“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it...”
– E.L. Doctorow (via writingadvice)