Knights+of+the+Goose+Quill

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Thus are the Orders of the Knights of the Goose Quill:
 Thou Shalt Honor and Respect the Written Word

Omit Needless Words

 Thou Shalt Show Deference to Schmidty the Learned

 Thou Shalt Use Persuasion Only for the Cause of Good

Thou Shalt Consider Infinitives—To Split or Not to Split?

Thou Shalt Use Metaphors and Similes Properly

 Thou Shalt Avoid Clichés Like the Plague

 Thou Shalt Allude, Not Copy

 Thou Shalt Not Cheat as Sir Lancelot

Thou Shalt Keep Your Quill Sharp

 Thou Shalt Write as Much and Often as Possible

 Thou Shalt Identify and Use Rhetorical Techniques

 Thou Shalt Write Not What Thou Know, but Feel, Think, and See

 Thou Shalt Read Thy Work Aloud

 Thou Shalt Not Talk During Films

 Thou Shalt Refrain from Spool Papers

 Thou Shalt Think on Paper

 Thou Shalt Always Write the Truth

 Thou Shalt Write for Content, Not for Length

 Thou Shalt Remember—the Quill is Mightier Than the Sword

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