Thank you for sharing these tips. I love to write and am always looking for ways to improve.

I will be adding your site to my blogroll and visiting very often. :)

Kristin
Spunky Jr | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 10:12 am | #

Magnifique! The best grammar lesson I've had in a while!
Karen K | 08.31.05 - 12:04 pm | #

HAHAHAHA!

Wonderful, I'll bet you came up with those yourself...you're probably that word wizard. :-P


Marshall
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Marshall | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 12:20 pm | #

Alas, no. It was indeed written by an anonymous word wizard.
Alex Jordan Harris | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 12:25 pm | #

HAHAHA
I just started to read your guys' blog and I love it already! YOu guys are great.
Logan | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 12:29 pm | #

LOL, that is funny.

Welcome to the blogosphere! It is great to meet you guys. :-) My name is Travis. I am a good friend of Agent Tim and am a staff member on the Conservative Christian online magazine Virtue Magazine. (www.virtuemag.org) Man, you guys are great! I look forward to seeing more of this great blog!

The Blogging Boy Scout,
Travis
P.S. A link from me will be forthcoming. :-)
Travis | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 3:29 pm | #

Wow...nice to to meet yinz (oops...guess I just broke a rule). My name, as you can see, is David. I am founder/editor/writer of The Christian Homeschooling Youth's Gazette, staff music reviewer for Pure Fun, and, possibly, a future writer for Virtue - the mag that Travis mentioned. In any case, my blog is "The Account" and it's all about Truth (like your's). I tend to focus on theological concepts and church-related news, but that's just me.

Needless to say, I'll be linking to your blog and it looks awesome!
David Ketter | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 4:32 pm | #

Really funny! Thanks for the tips, I'll be taking Writing 123 at the college this fall and I'll definitely implement your suggestions. =)
Elizabeth Pearson | 09.01.05 - 10:01 am | #

Awesome blog guys! I love your brother's books and was estatic to find out you have a blog! I am yet another writer for Virtue Magazine, and friends with Travis, Kristin and Agent Tim, as well as David Ketter...we all "hang out" togther on the blogosphere quite a bit it seems. :)

I'll be adding you to my blogroll too. I just started reading today and love it! In fact, these are some of the best writing guidelines I've read to date!

Keep it up!
Jake | Homepage | 09.01.05 - 4:55 pm | #

Hey Guys, thanks for all your positive feedback. We're very excited to meet all of you and have already visited each of your blogs. Keep up the good work! Alex and I are really looking forward to collaborating with you all as we seek to impact this world for Christ.
Brett Harris | 09.01.05 - 5:34 pm | #

What a crack up! :) I thought you were serious at first. My dad thought it was really funny too.

Thanks
Miss C. | Homepage | 11.13.05 - 2:57 pm | #

Hilarious, yet educationa. I love this one! :grin:
sarah | 12.03.05 - 4:56 pm | #

sounds a lot like tips from William Safire's book on grammar and writing? Is that where you drew this hilarious content from? :) It's always a good reminder of how to properly hold a reader's attention, and uphold the standards of good writing in this blogosphere!
Mr Ed. | Homepage | 12.28.05 - 11:32 am | #

It has been a while since I've read these...and boy are they funny! I also happened to read the first comment by a 'Spunky Jr' and laughed at myself. I had an awful sense of humor back then.
Kristin | Homepage | 07.12.06 - 1:59 pm | #

Thought you might be interested in reading more on "writing good".

Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.



No sentence fragments.

It behooves us to avoid archaisms.

Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration.

Don't use no double negatives.

If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: Resist hyperbole.

Avoid commas, that are not necessary.

Verbs has to agree with their subjects.

Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.

Writing carefully, dangling participles should not be used.

Kill all exclamation points!!!

Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

Take the bull by the hand and never mix metaphors.

Don't verb nouns.

Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.

A preposition is a word you don't end a sentence with.

Last but not least, Avoid cliches like the plague.
r schnieder | 08.03.06 - 3:17 pm | #