101 Writing Tips

1. Every sentence should make sense in isolation. Like that one.
2. Excessive hyperbole is literally the kiss of death.
3. ASBMAETP: Acronyms Should Be Memorable And Easy To Pronounce, and SATAN: Select Acronyms That Are Non-offensive.
4. Finish your point on an up-beat note, unless you can’t think of one.
5. Don’t patronise the reader-he or she might well be intelligent enough to spot it.
6. A writer needs three qualities: creativity, originality, clarity and a good short term memory.
7. Avoid unnecessary examples; e.g. this one.
8. Don’t use commas, to separate text unnecessarily.
9. It can be shown that you shouldn’t miss out too many details.
10. Similes are about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

The tongue-in-cheek list above is part of a 101 writing tips on Psychoprongs. There are another 71 to check out if you need a bit of light reading.