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'''Could of/Could have''' – A lot of time, when we’re writing, we sometimes write what we’ve heard instead of what is really being said. Because of dialects and speech irregularities, it’s sometimes easy to fall into the habit of thinking a saying, statement, or commonly used phrase is one thing when it isn’t. This is one of those phrases; don’t use ‘could of’, as it doesn’t make grammatical sense. No one could of completed something, but, they could have completed it. | '''Could of/Could have''' – A lot of time, when we’re writing, we sometimes write what we’ve heard instead of what is really being said. Because of dialects and speech irregularities, it’s sometimes easy to fall into the habit of thinking a saying, statement, or commonly used phrase is one thing when it isn’t. This is one of those phrases; don’t use ‘could of’, as it doesn’t make grammatical sense. No one could of completed something, but, they could have completed it. | ||
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{{header|Maroon|Rules of Writing From the Pros }} | |||
<big>Written by Fleet Admiral [[Tristan Wolf]]</big> | |||
The following texts are provided as some simple tips that you may find useful while writing sims. | |||
{{SubHeading|Eight rules for writing fiction|Maroon}} | |||
Kurt Vonnegut ([http://www.troubling.info/vonnegut.html source]) <br> | |||
#Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. | |||
#Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. | |||
#Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. | |||
#Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action. | |||
#Start as close to the end as possible. | |||
#Be a sadist. Now matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — in order that the reader may see what they are made of. | |||
#Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. | |||
#Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages. | |||
{{SubHeading|George Orwell’s 6 Rules for Effective Writing|Maroon}} | |||
George Orwell ([http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit source]) | |||
#Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. | |||
#Never use a long word where a short one will do. | |||
#If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. | |||
#Never use the passive where you can use the active. | |||
#Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. | |||
#Break any of these rules sooner than saying anything outright barbarous. | |||
{{heading|Looking After Grammar|#FFDF75}} | {{heading|Looking After Grammar|#FFDF75}} | ||