<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/04005c54-35b6-4114-a623-03b4504146d1/BFBEBDDD-ED4A-44BC-8BD2-8B2CF9969DEA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/01/08/a-guide-to-writing-well/" href="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/01/08/a-guide-to-writing-well/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fireandknowledge.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/01/08/a-guide-to-writing-well/"><DIV class="itemhead"> <H3><A title="Permanent Link to "A Guide to Writing Well"" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/01/08/a-guide-to-writing-well/">A Guide to Writing Well</A></H3> <SMALL class="metadata"> <SPAN class="chronodata"> January 8th, 2007  |  Published in <A rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Essays" href="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/category/articles/">Essays</A>, <A rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Education" href="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/category/education/">Education</A>, <A rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Writing" href="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/category/writing/">Writing</A></SPAN> </SMALL> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/01/08/a-guide-to-writing-well/"><P align="left">Compiled by Joshua Sowin</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/01/08/a-guide-to-writing-well/"><P align="left">This guide was mainly distilled from <EM><A href="http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/0060891548/fireandknowle-20/ref=nosim/">On Writing Well</A></EM> by William Zinsser and <EM><A href="http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/0205313426/fireandknowle-20/ref=nosim/">The Elements of Style</A></EM> by Strunk and White. Other sources are listed in the <A href="#Bibliography">bibliography</A>. My memory being stubborn and lazy, I compiled this so I could easily refresh myself on writing well. I hope it will also be helpful to others. If you have any suggestions about additions or changes, please let me know.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/01/08/a-guide-to-writing-well/"><H3 id="TableOfContents">Table of Contents</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/01/08/a-guide-to-writing-well/"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Before"><STRONG>Before You Start Writing</STRONG></A> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#General"><STRONG>General Principles</STRONG></A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Usage"><STRONG>Usage Principles</STRONG></A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="#Intro">The Introduction</A></STRONG> <UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#IntroGeneral">General Principles</A></LI> </UL> </LI> <UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#IntroQuestions">Questions to Ask Yourself</A></LI> </UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="#Conclusion">The Conclusion</A></STRONG></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="#Rewriting">Rewriting</A></STRONG></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="#Genre">Genre Specific</A> </STRONG> <UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Interviews">Interviews</A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Travel">Travel</A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Memoir">Memoir</A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Science">Science and Technology</A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Reviews">Reviews</A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Humor">Humor</A></LI> </UL> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="#Questions">Questions</A></STRONG> <UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#BetterWriting">How do I get better at writing?</A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#WhereWrite">Where should I write?</A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#WhatWrite">What should I write?</A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Stuck">I’m stuck on a sentence, what should I do? </A></LI> </UL> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="#Bibliography">Bibliography</A></STRONG></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><A href="#Appendix1">Appendix 1: Orwell’s Six Rules of Clear English</A></STRONG></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="#Appendix2"><STRONG>Appendix 2: Mark Twain’s Rules of Story Writing </STRONG></A></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><DIV><A href="#Revisions">Revisions</A></DIV> </STRONG></LI> </UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BFBEBDDD-ED4A-44BC-8BD2-8B2CF9969DEA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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