1. Do NOT use second person (that's you, your)
2. Be certain to avoid cliche language in an essay (it indicates no original thought)
3. Do you need to ask questions in your essay? Shouldn't you simply answer them?
4. Beware of the use of contractions
5. Abbreviations and such should be avoided at all costs
6. Learn how to use a comma, semi-colon, and colon effectively and correctly
7. Leave out all unnecessary, filler words
8. There are, there is--AVOID
9. Passive voice
10. Indent
11. Word Choice--Diction
12. No comma before "because"
13. Never use "things"
Monday, August 12, 2013
The Second First Day
It began ordinarily enough, with little thought about the day, or even the night for that matter; however, there were some thoughts rummaging through a few minds, even if those thoughts were not the thoughts which should have been thought at the time. I could hear the words coming from their mouths, and I wondered, what, if anything, I could do to make this moment any less awkward. Some options did come to fruition; however, more did not. The room was bland with colorlessness to it that brought forth no memories or real feelings except of disinterest. I had hoped for more. Smelling an unusual smell indicated some "thing" ...
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