"Writing is a skill, not a talent, and thus one's ability as a writer can be improved by thoughtful effort. The problem with some people is that they graduate college as good writers, experience early success on account of that, and thus never devote themselves diligently to the relentless quest for improvement that could make them great writers."
In an effort to systematically apply Rule 2, I'm devoting this Saturday thread to a round-up of stuff from blogs that have linked here in the past week. Maybe we can get ourselves a regular Saturday daisy-chain o' links going here:
Now, looking forward to Sunday: If you'll do some good Rule 5 blogging today and e-mail me the URL -- begin the subject line with "Rule 5" and try to do a post with at least a thin pretext of news value -- we'll see if we can do a Rule 5 roundup for Sunday. Pirate's Cove does great Rule 5 blogging on Sundays. And here's some inspiration for you worthless maggots:
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In an effort to systematically apply Rule 2, I'm devoting this Saturday thread to a round-up of stuff from blogs that have linked here in the past week. Maybe we can get ourselves a regular Saturday daisy-chain o' links going here: 
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