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Top Ten Tips (Part 1)

 
< P > T h e f o l l o w i n g r u l e s a r e e s s e n t i a l i f y o u w a n t p e o p l e t o t a k e y o u s e r i o u s l y . < / P > < P > B e y o u r s e l f < B R > K n o w y o u r s u b j e c t < B R > B e i n t e r e s t e d < B R > P u n c t u a t e p r o u d l y < B R > R e s p e c t t h e a p o s t r o p h e < B R > G e t g r e a t g r a m m a r < B R > S p e l l w e l l < B R > K e e p t o t h e p o i n t < B R > R e a d a n d r e v i s e < B R > S l e e p o n i t < B R > P a y a t t e n t i o n t o d e t a i l < / P > < P > B e y o u r s e l f < / P > < P > W r i t e f r o m t h e h e a r t o r t h e h e a d o r t h e g u t , d e p e n d i n g u p o n t h e t y p e o f w r i t i n g y o u a r e d o i n g . Y o u c a n l e t y o u r h e a r t p o u r p a s s i o n i n t o a l o v e l e t t e r b u t y o u r h e a d i s b e t t e r f o r t h e c o n t e n t s o f a b u s i n e s s l e t t e r a n d t h e g u t f e e l i n g s h o u l d n e v e r b e i g n o r e d . N e v e r t r y t o i m i t a t e s o m e b o d y e l s e s s t y l e , n o m a t t e r h o w m u c h y o u m i g h t a d m i r e i t , y o u w i l l a l w a y s a p p e a r f a k e . F i n d y o u r o w n u n i q u e s t y l e , y o u r o w n v o i c e . < / P > < P > K n o w Y o u r S u b j e c t < / P > < P > W r i t e o n t o p i c s y o u k n o w a b o u t . A l t h o u g h t h a t s o u n d s o b v i o u s y o u d o n t h a v e t o l o o k v e r y f a r t o f i n d m a s s e s o f p e o p l e p u b l i s h i n g a r t i c l e s w h e n i t i s c l e a r t h a t t h e y h a v e v e r y l i t t l e i d e a a b o u t t h e i r s u b j e c t m a t t e r . T h i s t y p e o f w r i t i n g a p p e a r s t h i n , l i m p a n d u n c o n v i n c i n g e v e n t o t h e u n t r a i n e d e y e . Y o u s h o u l d a i m f o r w r i t i n g w h i c h h a s s u b s t a n c e ; a r o u n d e d , h e a l t h y t h i n g w i t h a l i f e o f i t s o w n . I f , f o r s o m e r e a s o n , y o u a r e o b l i g e d t o w r i t e a b o u t a t o p i c w h i c h i s a l i e n t o y o u , m a k e t h e e f f o r t t o r e s e a r c h i t . I f y o u c a n t g e t t o t h e l i b r a r y , t h e r e i s a l w a y s t h e i n t e r n e t . T h e r e i s n o e x c u s e f o r i g n o r a n c e . T h e r e i s n o e x c u s e f o r t r y i n g t o f o i s t a p o o r l y r e s e a r c h e d a r t i c l e o n y o u r r e a d e r s . D o y o u w a n t y o u r r e a d e r s t o p o i n t y o u o u t a s s o m e o n e w h o d o e s n o t k n o w w h a t s / h e i s t a l k i n g a b o u t ? < / P > < P > B e i n t e r e s t e d < / P > < P > W r i t e a b o u t t h i n g s w h i c h i n t e r e s t y o u . I f y o u a r e n o t i n t e r e s t e d i n y o u r s u b j e c t m a t t e r , y o u h a v e l i t t l e h o p e o f c a t c h i n g t h e i n t e r e s t o f y o u r r e a d e r . I f y o u a r e i n a s i t u a t i o n w h e r e y o u s i m p l y h a v e t o w r i t e a b o u t a s u b j e c t w h i c h h o l d s n o r e a l i n t e r e s t f o r y o u , t r y a t l e a s t t o f i n d a n o r i g i n a l a n g l e ; t h i s c o u l d s t i m u l a t e y o u a s w e l l a s y o u r r e a d e r . I f y o u c a n n o t s p a r k e v e n f a i n t i n t e r e s t i n y o u r s u b j e c t , y o u r w r i t i n g w i l l b e f l a t a n d b o r i n g . < / P > < P > P u n c t u a t e p r o u d l y < / P > < P > D o n t b e o n e o f t h o s e p e o p l e w h o p r e t e n d t h e y d o n t t h i n k p u n c t u a t i o n m a t t e r s : i t d o e s . A s k y o u r s e l f t h i s : i f t h e s e p e o p l e r e a l l y b e l i e v e t h a t , w h y d o t h e y b o t h e r t o p u n c t u a t e a t a l l ? W h y d o n t t h e y j u s t w r i t e o n a n d o n w i t h o u t a n y d o t s o r c o m m a s ? T h a t , s u r e l y , i s m o r e l o g i c a l t h a n p u t t i n g i n d o t s a n d c o m m a s i n t h e w r o n g p l a c e s . T h e t r u t h i s , t h e y a r e t o o l a z y t o l e a r n t h e r u l e s o f p u n c t u a t i o n a n d t h i n k t h e y c a n g e t a w a y w i t h t h i s b y b r u s h i n g p u n c t u a t i o n o f f a s u n i m p o r t a n t . P u n c t u a t i o n h a s h a d a v e r y b a d t i m e o v e r t h e l a s t f o r t y y e a r s o r s o b u t I b e l i e v e i t i s a b o u t t o u n d e r g o a r e v i v a l . T h e s e t h i n g s g o i n c y c l e s a n d i t s e e m s t h a t p u n c t u a t i o n i s a b o u t t o h a v e i t s d a y a t l a s t . C o r r e c t p u n c t u a t i o n c o u l d b e t h e n e w b l a c k . I f y o u d o n t b e l i e v e t h i s , h o w d o y o u e x p l a i n w h y s o m a n y t h o u s a n d s o f p e o p l e b o u g h t E a t s , S h o o t s & a m p ; L e a v e s ? E v e n i f y o u h a v e n o i n t e r e s t i n c r e a t i n g e l e g a n t p r o s e , y o u s h o u l d l e a r n a b o u t p u n c t u a t i o n . W i t h o u t i t y o u r w r i t i n g w i l l a t b e s t b e d i f f i c u l t t o r e a d a n d a t w o r s t n o t m a k e s e n s e . Y o u w i l l b e l e f t w o n d e r i n g w h y p e o p l e a r e l a u g h i n g a t y o u r s e r i o u s w o r k . < / P > < P > R e s p e c t t h e a p o s t r o p h e < / P > < P > I k n o w , I k n o w , t h i s i s p a r t o f p u n c t u a t i o n . I h a p p e n t o t h i n k t h a t a p o s t r o p h e s h a v e s p e n t s o l o n g b e i n g e i t h e r i g n o r e d o r a b u s e d t h e y n o w d e s e r v e a m e n t i o n o f t h e i r o w n . I c a n c o p e q u i t e w e l l w i t h c o m m a s a n d f u l l s t o p s a p p e a r i n g i n t h e w r o n g p l a c e b u t a n i n c o r r e c t l y i n s e r t e d a p o s t r o p h e m a k e s m e s e e r e d . W h y d o s o m a n y p e o p l e i n s i s t o n u s i n g t h e a p o s t r o p h e w h e n t h e y c l e a r l y h a v e n o i d e a o f i t s f u n c t i o n ? B e a t s m e . A n i m p r o p e r l y p l a c e d a p o s t r o p h e i s t o w r i t i n g w h a t a h u g e , u g l y w a r t i s t o t h e n o s e o n a b e a u t i f u l f a c e . C r u e l p e o p l e w i l l p o i n t a n d l a u g h a t y o u . Y o u t h i n k I a m e x a g g e r a t i n g ? I f I a m p a r t o f a m i n o r i t y o n t h i s p o i n t , w h y d i d s o m a n y p e o p l e b u y E a t s , S h o o t s & a m p ; L e a v e s t h a t i t b e c a m e B o o k o f t h e Y e a r ? P e r h a p s t h e y t h o u g h t i t w a s a s t o r y a b o u t a p a n d a . < / P > < P > G e t g r e a t g r a m m a r < / P > < P > T h e r u l e s o f g r a m m a r a r e n o t d i f f i c u l t . I n t h e o l d e n d a y s e v e n l i t t l e k i d s w e r e t a u g h t g r a m m a r a t s c h o o l . L i k e m a t h e m a t i c a l t a b l e s , g r a m m a r i s n o l o n g e r t r e a t e d a s a n i m p o r t a n t s u b j e c t . M o s t p e o p l e c a n g e t t h r o u g h l i f e w i t h o u t m i s s i n g t h e t a b l e s w h i c h w e r e o n c e m e m o r i s e d b y e v e r y c h i l d w h o e v e r w e n t t o s c h o o l . P e o p l e n o w h a v e e l e c t r o n i c c a l c u l a t o r s t o d o t h e i r m a t h e m a t i c a l t h i n k i n g f o r t h e m b u t n o t h i n g h a s r e p l a c e d t h e n e e d t o u n d e r s t a n d b a s i c g r a m m a r . P l e a s e d o n t m a k e t h e m i s t a k e o f r e l y i n g o n t h e g r a m m a r c h e c k o n y o u r w o r d p r o c e s s o r : I a m n o t s a y i n g t h a t t h i s t o o l i s e n t i r e l y w i t h o u t m e r i t b u t , i f y o u d o n o t k n o w t h e r u l e s y o u r s e l f , y o u c a n c r e a t e h i l a r i o u s r e s u l t s b y g o i n g a l o n g w i t h t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s o f y o u r w o r d p r o c e s s i n g p a c k a g e . A n o t h e r g o o d t h i n g a b o u t t h e r u l e s o f g r a m m a r i s t h a t t h e y d o n t k e e p c h a n g i n g s o , o n c e y o u l e a r n t h e r u l e s , t h e y w i l l s t a n d y o u i n g o o d s t e a d f o r t h e w h o l e o f y o u r w r i t i n g c a r e e r . A l o n g w i t h p u n c t u a t i o n , i t i s g r a m m a r w h i c h d e t e r m i n e s w h e t h e r o r n o t y o u r w r i t i n g m a k e s s e n s e . I f y o u d o n t k n o w t h e r u l e s , y o u w i l l n o t k n o w i f y o u r w r i t i n g m a k e s s e n s e b u t o t h e r p e o p l e w i l l , b e l i e v e m e . ( B a c k t o p o i n t i n g a n d l a u g h i n g a g a i n . ) < / P > < P > ( T h i s i s p a r t o n e o f a t w o p a r t a r t i c l e w h i c h y o u c a n r e a d i n i t s e n t i r e t y a t m y w e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . h u n t i n g v e n u s . c o m / e c w a r t 1 . h t m ) < / P >
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Elaine Currie

Elaine Currie is a writer and internet marketer.

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