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Basic Info| Name: | ironicnormality |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 07-14 |
| Location: | A.C.T, Australia |
| Website: | Me. In Ink. |
BioNothing matters much. Nothing much matters. And the less it matters, the less it matters. *
The Rules OF Writing.
1. Verbs has to do with their subjects
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentances with.
3. And don't start sentances with a conjunction
4. Avoid cliches like the plague.
5. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary
9. Also too, never, ever use repetetive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropros
13. Do not be redundant; do not use words more than necessary; it's highly superfluous
14. One should *never* generalize
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches
16. Don't use no double negatives
17. Eschew ampersands & abreviations, etc.
18. One-word sentances? Eliminate
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be ignored.
21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary.
22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice
23. Kill all exclamation points!!!
24. Use words coreectly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ideas.
26. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
27. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed
28. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly
29. Puns are for children, not groan readers
30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms
31. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed
32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
33. Exaguration is a billion time worse than understatement
34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Of course, not everyone follows these rules...
Welcome to My Writing Journal
Possibly one of the funniest things I've ever read:
I sincerely believe that rather than WASTING commas with the rest of my fat capitalist pig brothers on frivolous consumerist sentences like these, they should be donated to the more needy, such as the chinese, who as I understand it have NO COMMAS AT ALL. SBP
*(adapted from: The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy, 1997, p. 19)
The Rules OF Writing.
1. Verbs has to do with their subjects
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentances with.
3. And don't start sentances with a conjunction
4. Avoid cliches like the plague.
5. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary
9. Also too, never, ever use repetetive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropros
13. Do not be redundant; do not use words more than necessary; it's highly superfluous
14. One should *never* generalize
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches
16. Don't use no double negatives
17. Eschew ampersands & abreviations, etc.
18. One-word sentances? Eliminate
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be ignored.
21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary.
22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice
23. Kill all exclamation points!!!
24. Use words coreectly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ideas.
26. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
27. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed
28. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly
29. Puns are for children, not groan readers
30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms
31. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed
32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
33. Exaguration is a billion time worse than understatement
34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Of course, not everyone follows these rules...
Welcome to My Writing Journal
Possibly one of the funniest things I've ever read:
I sincerely believe that rather than WASTING commas with the rest of my fat capitalist pig brothers on frivolous consumerist sentences like these, they should be donated to the more needy, such as the chinese, who as I understand it have NO COMMAS AT ALL. SBP
*(adapted from: The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy, 1997, p. 19)
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