The Man and the key behind the Dilbert (Cartoon)

I have been trying to think in the shoes of the writer for a past few days when I came forward to improve my writing.

I was skimmed through various blogs yesterday. One Blogger suggested that – If you want to be a good writer try to read other’s blogs. I ended up in Scott Adam’s Blog which is quite useful, if you are interested in writing.

One important tip he gave was about opening sentence.
· Every time you write, try to start with an impressive opening sentence.
His Blog started with this sentence – ‘I went from being a bad writer to a good writer’. I don’t know whether I will be going through such a transition, but sure I hope and I believe I will go through that.

· Write in Short sentences, don’t complicate things if u know you can express it in a simple way

· Use Passive voice rather than Active voice.
E.g: The boy hit the ball.
The ball was hit by the boy.

· Get rid of extra words, if u feel
E.g: Use sentences like ‘He was happy’ rather than ‘He was very happy’

· Other than the above tips, your choice of words really makes the difference.
Use swill if you want to use drink.

First sentence is easier to imagine compared to second since the object (the boy) comes before the actions (Hitting)

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/06/the_day_you_bec.html


Golden Happiness Ratio – tolerance of imperfection