For this week’s 7 Quick Takes, I refer you to Frank L. Visco who offers us all an invaluable lesson in…
HOW TO WRITE GOOD
- The passive voice is to be avoided.
- Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
- Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
- One should never generalize. Be more or less specific.
- Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
- Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
- Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
Originally, there were 23 of these gems, but these were the 7 I liked best.
Happy Friday, y’all!
I love this :)
ReplyDeleteLove these!
ReplyDeleteOoh, from the 23 gems I'd have to add "Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary" and "Be more or less specific." Thanks for sharing--really enjoyed these.
ReplyDeleteToo funny! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to an audio from a spiritual group which is getting a lot of attention right now, they say that Humanity needs to know the truth. I really liked this part and felt special energies like never before : Hello Pope Benedict. I have observed your actions since the time we were together at the same special mid week mass given by Pope John Paul II almost 30 years ago. Now, you are already aware of certain parts of my prophecy for you, since it involves “The Three Secrets of Fatima” and St. Malachy’s Prophecies.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.merkaba.org/audio/benedict.html