TWELVE STEPS TO VERBAL ENLIGHTENMENT: 1. Accept the fact that bad writing happens.
2. Admit you've willingly made writing mistakes.
3. Believe that Standard English can heal you.
4. Stop writing weak sentences.
5. Stop writing formal sentences.
6. Stop writing overweight sentences.
7. Stop writing unclear sentences.
8. Stop writing careless sentences.
9. Stop writing unpersuasive sentences.
10. Stop writing incongruous sentences.
11. Stop writing unstructured sentences.
12. Stop writing unsightly sentences.
