Writers, please don’t catch conjunctivitis and spread “pink-eye” to your readers — refrain from starting sentences with “and” or “but.”

Either, combine your sentences into complex sentences, or 1) replace “but” with “however” or another appropriate word such as e.g., “yet,” “nevertheless” or “notwithstanding” or 2) replace “and” with “also,” “moreover,” “furthermore” or another appropriate word or phrase, such as “in addition.”

Does anyone else still remember much of this song from ABC’s Schoolhouse Rock educational pieces during commercial breaks of Saturday morning cartoons?

Here’s another favorite of mine:

Here are some less stringent tips from me:

Try telling your story in the first-person-narrative; lead by example, not by instructing

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“Out of Context” — three words a writer should never have to hear nor utter