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The 28 Biggest Writing Blunders (And How to Avoid Them)
The 28 Biggest Writing Blunders - And How to Avoid Them Author:William Noble Chapters include: — Don't write for your eighth-grade teacher — Don't complicate the obvious — Don't be a slave to a grammar guru — Don't freeze and formalize language — Don't "journalese" or "slangify" words and phrases — Don't overuse the thesaurus — Don't underuse the dictionary — Don't duck the pun... more »ch in punctuation
Don't wallow in a sentence straitjacket
Don't write the perfect paragraph
Don't get tricky and jazzy with style
Don't add adverbs and adjectives to prettify your prose
Don't sprinkle the poet's urge over the narrator's product
Don't let rhythm and sound turn sour
Don't dabble with "smoky" words Don't expect the maid (editor, that is) to clean up your mess
Don'g hug fad words without your fingers crossed
Don't get cute with spellings and dialogue
Don't wave away botched methphors and chiches
Don't passify your verb voice
Don't hide parallelisms in the thicket
Don't ignore intriguing italics
Don't repeat without relevance
Don't assume author absolutism
Don't wrap characters in the same grammar blanket
Don't shift to neutral when mood and atmosphere change
Don't underestimate the richness of the English language