More Mundane Meanderings » Writing http://blog.lot42.com/blog Yet another rider on the blogging bandwagon. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:18:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 How to write better in 10 easy steps http://blog.lot42.com/blog/2006/02/12/how-to-write-better-in-10-easy-steps/ http://blog.lot42.com/blog/2006/02/12/how-to-write-better-in-10-easy-steps/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:15:18 +0000 Mike http://blog.lot42.com/blog/2006/02/12/how-to-write-better-in-10-easy-steps/ I just read a blog post by John Scalzi, entitled Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don’t Want to Work at Writing. It had some good tips, including the following great rule of thumb:
For every spelling error you make, your apparent IQ drops by 5 points. For every “there, they’re, their” type of mistake you make, your apparent IQ drops by 10 points. Sorry about that, but there it is.

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