Friday’s List To Live By #103

Writing has been a part of my ministry for 52 years. For the past 10 years it has been almost daily in writing this blog.

So, I thought it might be interesting to share with our readers principles guiding my writing. Plus, this will serve as some helpful tips for aspiring writers.

Today’s post offers 10 simple, succinct, and specific suggestions for good writing.

How To Write Good

1. Avoid. Alliteration. Always.

2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

3. Avoid clichés like the plague. They’re old hat.

4. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.

5. Be more or less specific.

6. Writers should never generalize.

Seven. Be consistent!

8. Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.

9. Who needs rhetorical questions?

10. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

There you have it. A list for writers to live by.

–Ken Weliever, The Preacherman

Disclaimer #1. This is written in the spirit of the Babylon Bee. I thought with all the serious problems around us we could use a bit of humor.

Disclaimer #2. This is not original with me. I plagiarized it from anonymous.

Hmm, I think I should add#11. Always poof your wrighting. Mispeled words. typoos, and grammitcal erors is distracting too reeders.