Writing Rules

(Thought-Random)

 the only      
    

12 ½   writing rules

 

                you’ll ever need

               

1.   If you write everyday,       you get better

 

  at writing every day.        2.   If it’s boring 

 

 to you,  it’s boring to your reader.      3.Get a writing routine and stick with it.  4. Poetry 

 

does NOT have to rhyme.       Poetry does  NOT   have to rhyme.  5.  Resist stereotypes, 

 

in real life andin your writing. 6. Writers read.  Writers read a lot.  Writers read all the 

 

time  7.Make lists of your   favorite words   and books    and places  and things.  8.There 

 

doesn’t always have to ba moral to a story. 9. Always bring your note-book.  Always bring

 

a spare pen.    10.  Go for walks,   dance,   pull weeds.       Do the dishes.Write about it. 

 

    11.   Don’t settle on just one style.    Try something new.         12.  Learn totell both 

 

sides of the story.     12 ½. .      Stop looking at this poster.     Write something!

Thanks, Frank Cimatu