Tuesday Tips: Thoughts you can put to work for you one by one

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This week: All tips, almost zero blather....


So my brain and I are in the same room but very different places this week, it seems. I blame it on the hot, humid weather and the socked-in, polluted sky we're not enjoying lately. It's ... blech around these parts. The up side for you: I have no capacity for nattering on about this week's tips. Just... none.

Once again our link to awesome ideas for better writing comes from goneahead who has 'em up the sleeve, I think.  It's entitled Follow These Rules for Stronger Writing.  I like that they're independent rules. I will likely pick one or two a week and tape them to my keyboard to see what comes of it.

I especially like the part about using vivid nouns and active verbs. So often we hear 'don't overuse adverbs and adjectives' but we don't get good examples of how to proceed from there.  And if nothing else, consider the advice to avoid "it".  That's the one I'll start with first.

Hope the week is treating you well!