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From Blogcritics:

Don’t do everything blogger/columnist/book author John Scalzi says.
In response to a reader’s query, Scalzi posted ten suggestions for nonprofessional writers who’d like to “write better.” He offers a few good tips, such as “when in doubt, simplify” and “learn to friggin’ spell,” which really means “use the friggin’ spell checker.”
But he leaves out a couple of key guidelines, and his grammar and punctuation suggestions will create more chaos than they’ll clear up.
What he forgets
Scalzi omits one absolutely vital guideline rule: Use the active voice.

I know it’s one of those writey things I always forget. Read on here.

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