How to write gooder

[Jon]

Found this on Google. I thought it might help.
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1. Avoid alliteration always
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with
3. Avoid cliches like the plague (they're old hat)
4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
5. One should never generalize
6. Comparisons are as bad as cliches
7. Be more or less specific
8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.
9. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement
10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary
11. Who needs rhetorical questions?

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and then I noticed some stuff is missing
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12. Way back in high school, we had to learn one of the rules of storycraft, "Never start out with backstory."

13. DON'T USE CAPS!

Jon
Author Behaving Badly

[Just]

Hey Jon, I would like to add one to the list. At one point I was guilty as charged. LOL.

Word repetitions!!!

Thanks for sharing. Yes, very helpful.

[Jon]

I would say simply that "14. Bad word repetitions are bad, bad, bad."

[Kathy]

Jon wrote: "Found this on Google. I thought it might help.
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1. Avoid alliteration always
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with
3. Avoid cliches like the plague (th..."

That was funny - thank you :)

[K.J.]

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[Deborah]

Memorable musings. Merci!.

[Nick]

By stop using the word gooder...