Things to Avoid or Seek when Writing

1. You shouldn't use the "you" formulation. "You can see..." No. "One can see..."


2. Be careful not to over-generalize. Be specific. Except where one needs to be general.


3. Make sure paragraphs have logical coherence.


4. Avoid slang, and contractions.


5. Always ask yourself, while writing, and proof-reading: Why? How? Where? When?


6. Ask yourself, while writing: What am I trying to say?


7. Get the facts correct.


8. Spell author's and characters names correctly.


9. End the paper on a conclusive note, with new, deeper sense of your own thesis.


10. Have a thesis (form and meaning, both, not one, or the other without either).