table of contents
Table of Contents
As this is a work in progress (and I writing sections at random), check back for new content!
- Staying Between the Outlines
- Keep things where things belong
- Introducing the IntroductionWrite an introduction with context and purpose.
- Keep It Simple Use short words and simple writing.
- AAaaC (Avoid Acronyms at all Costs [pronounced “Aaack!”]) Do not use acronyms or abbreviations in your writing.
- Be Active, Not PassiveWrite in the active voice.
- If You Write Something, Cite SomethingIf you write it, cite it.
- Use the Oxford Comma Use the Oxford (Serial) Comma.
- List with Logic Items in a list need a reason for their ordering.
- Don’t Orphan Headers Each header should have at least one paragraph after it.
- Keep Tables, Figures, and Text Separate (but Together) Text, tables, and figures should exist independently.
- Steering the AuthorshipInclude rather than exclude.
- Breaking BadWatch how headings, tables, and paragraphs break from one page to the next.
- Dashing Through the Prose Use hyphens and dashes correctly.
- ParagraphingAvoid long paragraphs.
- Using AIThere are lies, damned lies, and AIs
- CopywrongedDo not use copyrighted content without permission.
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