dumblittleman.com— A fantastic selection of tools for writers of any style. Here is the original list with the updated URLs.
Jul 19, 2007View in Crawl 4
Obviously not self-critical enough. I'm always such at #43...such what?Maybe you should work on #48: Create an Editing Support Group. They may help you proofread before you post.
Those are the only two you need. I don't think Chaucer gave a s**t about branching right or using strong verbs.If you read a lot you'll eventually catch on to what constitutes good writing (assuming you're not just reading crap).
cblalockJul 20, 2007
Obviously not self-critical enough. I'm always such at #43...such what?Maybe you should work on #48: Create an Editing Support Group. They may help you proofread before you post.
hotdiggJul 20, 2007
This is perfect for all us diggers to improve the writing of our comments so we dont get dug down as often!
rjnagleJul 20, 2007
All of these links are from Roy Peters Clark's book <a class="user" href="http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Tools-Essential-Strategies-Writer/dp/0316014982/ref=sr_1_1/105-2593697-0238804?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184943682&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Tools-Essential-Strategies-Writer/dp/0316014982/ref=sr_1_1/105-2593697-0238804?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184943682&sr=8-1</a>and come directly from his website <a class="user" href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=78">http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=78</a>Dugg down for unscrupulousness.
Closed AccountJul 20, 2007
Those are the only two you need. I don't think Chaucer gave a s**t about branching right or using strong verbs.If you read a lot you'll eventually catch on to what constitutes good writing (assuming you're not just reading crap).
obkenobiJul 20, 2007
Yes... I first heard about it on Digg a year ago. It was a story about writing tips for bloggers.
obkenobiJul 20, 2007
Another rule of writing:Know your audience. E.g. "Will it blend? HA HA HA HA HAAAAA!"