Top 10 Writing Mistakes

Daniel Reisel: “even the best writers make these mistakes, but you can’t afford to. The way manuscripts are thrown into the Rejection pile on the basis of early mistakes is a crime. Don’t be a victim.”

Here is his top-ten list of mistakes:

Repeats
Flat writing
Empty adverbs
Phony dialogue
No-good suffixes
The “to be” words
Lists
Show, don’t tell
Awkward phrasing
Commas

Read the whole thing to see examples and explanation.

HT: @PJ_Schreiner

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