8 Tips for Avoiding Bland Writing

��� Use active voice
��� Show don't tell
��� Avoid weak verbs
��� Cull out cliches
��� Cut repetition
��� Say "no" to self-indulgent digressions
��� Delete nulls
��� Nix polysyllabism
��� BONUS: "...the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make." ��� Truman Capote  

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