Q: What happens when an author who is feeling rather creative has a very isolated lunch hour?
A : This
Grab a paper
Take some notes
Listen very well
To tips and tricks and common sense
This poem’s about to tell
Writing is an art form
Like paintings of a prose
Planting seeds of magic words
That blossom into rose
It’s time to learn a few things
Simple stuff to do and say
Tips that ensure your written words
Are the best they’ll be today
Spelling is essential
Don’t sound like a jerk
Dis and dat and realz
Make your reader have to work
Maybe while you chew on that
Learn to type it through
Spell the word: it doesn’t hurt
Unless u r 2 lazy 2
Easy on those adverbs
Words that end in L.Y.
They’re sneaky little suckers
Who like to multiply
Go in there and slay them
They make your story weak
You’re better off without them
You’ll have less things to tweak
Crutch words and descriptors
Less is often more
In revisions they will haunt you
Not easy to ignore
While we’re talking crutches
Learn to not repeat
We get that his eyes blaze hot
And she likes to stare at feet
Learn the proper usage
Of there and their and they’re
Maybe while you’re at it
Check out where and wear
Dialogue is stellar
Just learn to be precise,
‘Said’ is the most common
But there’s groaned, and asked and griped
As long as you remember
Not to be so daft
This little ditty I just wrote
Will help with your first draft
