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#23
Do not EVER start your story with "It was a dark and stormy night".
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#7
Lesbian sex scenes always help the plot .
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#31
Try to have your protagonist quoting poetry during the shoot-outs.
Posted by john cox | November 14, 2010 1:11 AM
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#3
Nouns, then verbs.
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#1
Marketing. The vast majority of the public is functionally illiterate, & it's easier to baffle them with B.S. than dazzle them with brilliance. A good PR person, a catchy title, a good cover jacket, a smattering of obscene words, a few antagonistic proclamations & you're golden (e.g., Michael Moore, Al Franken).
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#4 - "Spell Check" isn't necessarily your fiend."
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#9 - Punctuation is important when conveying meaning.
"Not getting any, better come home soon." Does not convey the same implications as "Not getting any better, come home soon."
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#19
Practice by writing a book on how to improve some skill you lack.
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#45
If you make the story long enough, it doesn't have to make sense.
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#21 - When the plot is thin, spice it up with gratuitous violence and sex.
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#11 - When the muse escapes you, try copious amounts of your favorite libation.
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Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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#17
Eschew obfuscation.
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#18
Gesundheit, Ed.
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Nice touch John, with the RED pencil!
How to write with power:
Write your draft with all the anger, insults and swear words in, then remove the insults and swear words from it for the final copy!
Try it.
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