Please look at the attached document for class writing rules!

 

Writing Rules for Honors English.docx

 

 12 1/2 Writing Rules

 

1.  If you write every day, you get better at writing every day.

2.  If it's boring to you, it's boring to your reader.
3.  Establish a writing routine and stick to it!
4.  Poetry does not have rhyme.  Poetry does not NOT have rhyme.
5.  Resist stereotypes, in real life and in your writing.
6.  Writers read.  Writers read a lot.  Writers read all the time.
7.  Make lists of your favorite words and books and places and things.
8.  There doesn't always have to be a moral to the story.
9.  Always bring your notebook.  Always bring a spare pen.
10. Go for walks.  Dance.  Pull weeds.  Walk the dog.  Do the dishes.  Try a new food.  Write about it.
11.  Dont' settle on just one style.  Try someting new!
12. Learn to tell both sides of the story.
 12 1/2. Stop looking at this page.  WRITE SOMETHING!!