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Understand your subject before you begin writing about it.
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Create a detailed outline.
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Begin by writing what comes to mind. Get it down on paper,
then go back and “tweak” it.
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Use as few words as possible.
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Don’t practice “Engfish”—using unnecessarily big or flowery
words to convey ideas.
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Use a variety of sentence structures—short, long, complex
and simple.
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Have someone whose writing you respect critique your work.
Be open to their suggestions.
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Always use spell check, but never trust it.
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Keep a dictionary, a thesaurus and a copy of Strunk and
White’s The Elements of Style within reach.
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Remember what your high school English teacher told you:
“The only good writing is rewriting.”
