The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator. Except for Pansack, Seatackled, and RainDrop. They are definitely adversaries.
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Blogging that isn’t an author’s personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown is worth $75 (80 you provide your own photo).
Never use the word "utilized"—we have "use" for this purpose and the extra two syllables won't increase your word count.
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Write in the third person unless a really distinctive first-person voice offers itself irresistibly. Write in the royal "we" if you want to sound like a committee.
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When information becomes free and universally accessible, people can find your email. Always have your out-of-office autoreply set up for this reason.
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The most purely autobiographical blogging requires a pseudonym. Nobody ever wrote a more autobiographical blog than one written under my middle school nemesis's first and last name.
7.
You see more sitting still than chasing after. You see even more if you remember to put in your contacts in the morning.
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It’s doubtful that anyone with an Internet connection at his workplace is writing good blogs. The best blogs are written on yellow notebook paper and immediately sent to the paper shredder.
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Interesting verbs are seldom very interesting. Interesting adjectives are "pendulous," "turgid," and "serpentine."
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You have to blog before you can hit the bong.
