Comments on: Top 10 Tips for Great Writing http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:25:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: paul http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-225444 paul Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:50:19 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-225444 I've been teaching English for over 16 years, and I completely agree with your list. I’ve been teaching English for over 16 years, and I completely agree with your list.

]]> By: Lucian http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-216244 Lucian Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:44:53 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-216244 I'm not a native English speaker, and I know it's an old list, but I can't help but commenting on rule three, does that mean that V. S. Naipaul (Nobel prize winner in literature 2001) should renamed his novel "The Enigma of Arrival" to "The Enigma of Coming"? "Arrive" come from the Romance languages, "come" is a Germanic word. I’m not a native English speaker, and I know it’s an old list, but I can’t help but commenting on rule three, does that mean that V. S. Naipaul (Nobel prize winner in literature 2001) should renamed his novel “The Enigma of Arrival” to “The Enigma of Coming”? “Arrive” come from the Romance languages, “come” is a Germanic word.

]]> By: Kathy Clark http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-192340 Kathy Clark Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:49:33 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-192340 Was trying to locate a speach by Winston Churchill, using the germanic root wood style.....can you help... It;s for a speach i have to do. Thanks in advance for any help you can give Was trying to locate a speach by Winston Churchill, using the germanic root wood style…..can you help… It;s for a speach i have to do. Thanks in advance for any help you can give

]]> By: Cath http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-180919 Cath Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:33:57 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-180919 Great list! The link in comment #19 needs to be fixed. I'd love to know what you were recommending! Great list! The link in comment #19 needs to be fixed. I’d love to know what you were recommending!

]]> By: floatygabz http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-175283 floatygabz Fri, 22 May 2009 23:46:52 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-175283 romanian lol :) romanian lol :)

]]> By: SallySweet http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-174678 SallySweet Wed, 20 May 2009 20:33:57 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-174678 "Speeling"? Was that supposed to be a joke? It made me laugh anyway. I think for begining writers and people writing technical articles short senteces are a good thing. I, on the other hand, prefer medium to long sentences. Mostly because I'm wordy. I got As in most of my classes and they did decide to give me my diploma. I believe that the English gods hath smiled upon my wordy sentences. “Speeling”? Was that supposed to be a joke? It made me laugh anyway. I think for begining writers and people writing technical articles short senteces are a good thing. I, on the other hand, prefer medium to long sentences. Mostly because I’m wordy. I got As in most of my classes and they did decide to give me my diploma. I believe that the English gods hath smiled upon my wordy sentences.

]]> By: ed http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-156894 ed Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:26:33 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-156894 long sentences are boring? son of an editor.... long sentences are boring? son of an editor….

]]> By: Mabel http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-153721 Mabel Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:25:55 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-153721 49. writergal: Oh yeah. You're absolutely right. This helps a lot. If you think too much about who will read your work, you can cook the freshness right out of it. Just steam it a little; leave the color in. Don't worry if it sounds stupid; if you feel like putting it in, put it in. You can always take it out later if it's still stupid. As for Rule 2, when you read it out loud you can often hear something that LOOKED okay when you were staring at it for hours, but doesn't really work. 49. writergal:

Oh yeah. You’re absolutely right. This helps a lot.

If you think too much about who will read your work, you can cook the freshness right out of it. Just steam it a little; leave the color in. Don’t worry if it sounds stupid; if you feel like putting it in, put it in. You can always take it out later if it’s still stupid.

As for Rule 2, when you read it out loud you can often hear something that LOOKED okay when you were staring at it for hours, but doesn’t really work.

]]> By: writergal http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-134842 writergal Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:56:17 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-134842 Rule # 1 : Write the first draft for yourself and no-one else and Rule # 2 - when in doubt, read it out loud. Rule # 1 : Write the first draft for yourself and no-one else and Rule # 2 – when in doubt, read it out loud.

]]> By: KDeAnn18 http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-133067 KDeAnn18 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:11:30 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/#comment-133067 Jamie, thank you so much for writing this list. My English professor handed our essays back to us a week ago and told us to redo them if we made lower than a 85. Well thanks to your list, I made a 97 instead of the 82 I had previously. Thank you so much for all of the entertainment and the help that you give. Jamie, thank you so much for writing this list. My English professor handed our essays back to us a week ago and told us to redo them if we made lower than a 85. Well thanks to your list, I made a 97 instead of the 82 I had previously. Thank you so much for all of the entertainment and the help that you give.

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