http://bethestory.com/2006/02/25/sick-and-writing the blog about writing stories and being a better writer Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:46:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://bethestory.com/2006/02/25/sick-and-writing#comment-5031 LucrativeGames.com Blog Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:59:23 +0000 http://bethestory.com/2006/02/25/sick-and-writing#comment-5031 [...] They don’t know how to write. There are a few simple rules of style that can punch up almost any writing. Use the active voice. Avoid adverbs and nouns that refer to actions. Use strong verbs instead. Things like that. Though simple these rules are, there are plenty of so-called writers who just don’t know how to write. They’re incompetent, and they don’t even know it. And their ignorance keeps them from becoming competent. Fortunately, there is a way out of this conundrum, to wit, a good, swift kick in the incompetence. For me, that swift kick came from Patricia T. O’Conner and her book Words Fail Me. And it changed my writing forever. But that’s a different story. [...] […] They don’t know how to write. There are a few simple rules of style that can punch up almost any writing. Use the active voice. Avoid adverbs and nouns that refer to actions. Use strong verbs instead. Things like that. Though simple these rules are, there are plenty of so-called writers who just don’t know how to write. They’re incompetent, and they don’t even know it. And their ignorance keeps them from becoming competent. Fortunately, there is a way out of this conundrum, to wit, a good, swift kick in the incompetence. For me, that swift kick came from Patricia T. O’Conner and her book Words Fail Me. And it changed my writing forever. But that’s a different story. […]

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