Eleven ways to make people like what you write:
1. Make yourself likeable.
2. Write about people.
3. Show your opinion.
4. Obey your own rules.
5. Use anecdotes.
6. Use examples.
7. Name your sources.
8. Provide useful information.
9. Use quotations.
10. Use quotes.
11. Create a strong title.
(from 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost)
Pet Peeve: Bloggers who refuse to use quotation marks.
Do you have a pet peeve?
February 20, 2007 - 12:07 pm
on February 20, 2007 - 2:56 pm
Uh-oh! I admit to not always using quotation marks, but it is usually in Scripture, where there is a quotation within the quotation and I don’t want to deal with it. I do, however, make certain that quotes are acknowledged as such.
My pet peeve is bloggers or don’t appear to edit their posts or bother with spelling. Maybe because I am a horrible speller and really appreciate spell checkers!
on February 21, 2007 - 3:59 pm
Hi Patricia ~ I know what you mean. I recently read a long blog post somewhere that I assumed the blogger had written himself. But the entire post was a long exerpt from a book, I eventually discovered. No quotatation marks! We need to be careful about that sort of thing. Thanks for your kind visit and comment.