{"id":36459,"date":"2015-08-05T01:02:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T01:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imhd.nl\/log\/?p=36459"},"modified":"2015-08-04T11:18:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T11:18:23","slug":"100-ways-to-improve-your-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imhd.nl\/log\/100-ways-to-improve-your-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"100 ways to improve your writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I. Nine Ways to Improve Your Writing When You\u2019re Not Writing<\/strong>
\n1. Get Some Reference Books
\n2. Expand Your Vocabulary
\n3. Improve Your Spelling
\n4. Read
\n5. Take a Class
\n6. Eavesdrop
\n7. Research
\n8. Write in Your Head
\n9. Choose a Time and Place<\/p>\n

II. Nine Ways to Overcome Writer\u2019s Block<\/strong>
\n1. Copy Something
\n2. Keep a Journal
\n3. Talk About What You\u2019re Writing
\n4. Touch Your Toes
\n5. Do Writing Exercises
\n6. Organize Your Material
\n7. Make a List
\n8. Picture a Reader
\n9. Ask Yourself Why You Are Writing<\/p>\n

III. Five Ways to Write a Strong Beginning<\/strong>
\n1. Find a Slant
\n2. Write a Strong Lead
\n3. Don\u2019t Make Promises You Can\u2019t Keep
\n4. Set a Tone and Maintain It
\n5. Begin at the Beginning<\/p>\n

IV. Nine Ways to Save Time and Energy<\/strong>
\n1. Use Pyramid Construction
\n2. Use Topic Sentences
\n3. Write a Strong Lead
\n4. Use Transitional Phrases
\n5. Don\u2019t Explain When You Don\u2019t Have To
\n6. Use Bridge Words
\n7. Avoid Wordiness
\n8. Steal
\n9. Stop Writing When You Get to the End<\/p>\n

V. Ten Ways to Develop Style<\/strong>
\n1. Think About Style
\n2. Listen to What you Write
\n3. Mimic Spoken Language
\n4. Vary Sentence Length
\n5. Vary Sentence Constructioin
\n6. Write Complete Sentences
\n7. Show, Don\u2019t Tell
\n8. Keep Related Words Together
\n9. Use Parallel Construction
\n10. Don\u2019t Force a Personal Style<\/p>\n

VI. Twelve Ways to Give Your Words Power<\/strong>
\n1. Use Short Words
\n2. Use Dense Words
\n3. Use Familiar Words
\n4. Use Active Verbs
\n5. Use Strong Verbs
\n6. Use Specific Nouns
\n7. Use the Active Voice\u2026Most of the Time
\n8. Say Things in a Positve Way\u2026Most of the Time
\n9. Be Specific
\n10. Use Statistics
\n11. Provide Facts
\n12. Put Empathic Words at the End<\/p>\n

VII. Eleven Ways to Make People Like What You Write<\/strong>
\n1. Make Yourself Likable
\n2. Write About People
\n3. Show Your Opinion
\n4. Obey Your Own Rules
\n5. Use Anecdotes
\n6. Name Your Sources
\n7. Name Your Sources
\n8. Provide Useful Information
\n9. Use Quotations
\n10. Use Quotes
\n11. Create a Strong Title<\/p>\n

VIII. Ten Ways to Avoid Grammatical Errors<\/strong>
\n1. Respect the Rules of Grammar
\n2. Do Not Change Tenses
\n3. Know How to Use the Possessive Case
\n4. Make Verbs Agree With Their Subjects
\n5. Avoid Dangling Modifiers
\n6. Avoid Shifts in Pronoun Forms
\n7. Avoid Splitting Infinitives
\n8. Avoid These Common Mistakes
\n9. Be Sensitive to Changes in the Language
\n10. Prefer Good Writing to Good Grammar<\/p>\n

IX. Six Ways to Avoid Punctuation Errors<\/strong>
\n1. Use Orthodox Punctuation
\n2. Know When to Use a Comma
\n3. Know When to Use a Semicolon
\n4. Know When to Use a Colon
\n5. Use Exclamation Marks Only When Exclaiming and Question Marks Only When Asking Questions
\n6. Know How To Use Quotation Marks<\/p>\n

X. Twelve Ways to Avoid Making Your Reader Hate You<\/strong>
\n1. Avoid Jargon
\n2. Avoid Cliches
\n3. Avoid Parentheses
\n4. Avoid Footnotes
\n5. Don\u2019t Use Transitions to Conceal Information
\n6. Don\u2019t Acknowledge When You Should Explain
\n7. Don\u2019t Hide Behind your Words
\n8. Don\u2019t Intrude
\n9. Don\u2019t Play Word Games
\n10. Don\u2019t Play the Tom Wolfe Game
\n11. Don\u2019t Play the Mystery Game
\n12. Don\u2019t Cheat<\/p>\n

XI. Seven Ways to Edit Yourself<\/strong>
\n1. Read Your Work Out Loud
\n2. Cut Unnecessary Words
\n3. Think About What You Have Written
\n4. Ask Yourself These Questions
\n5. Follow These Rules of Form for Titles
\n6. Prepare a Perfect Manuscript
\n7. Use Common Sense<\/p>\n

Gary Provost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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