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[robkelk]

Good work, so far. I didn't spot any typos or grammatical errors, and it's internally consistent and makes sense...
A few specific comments:

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3. Proofread and preread.
Do it yourself, or recruit a friend.

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I'd suggest not doing it yourself. A writer tends to read what he thought he wrote, not what he actually wrote. (That's also a major reason why software debugging is so time-consuming...) I'd recommend finding somebody who's willing to preread and whose work you've already read and understood.

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8. When in doubt, look it up.

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Excellent advice, but...

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Between Google and Wikipedia alone, there is absolutely no excuse for errors born out of ignorance.

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There's too much misinformation born of both ignorance and malice on the Web, or on Wikipedia, for me to recommend either as a primary source. We all know about the flawed Nature comparison between Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica, right? And Better Read That Again discusses malicious misinformation on the Web.

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9. Avoid fanon.

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Especially since so much of it is wrong. If you go by fanon, Evangelion's Misato is a martinet, Ranma's Akane is a homicidal maniac, and Sailor Moon's Ami is a lesbian - all of these are contradicted by the respective source material.

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10. Write for yourself as well as your readers.

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13. Grow a thick skin.

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I'm surprised you didn't quote the song Garden Party in either of these sections...

(Edit: You'd think I'd proofread a post about proofreading before posting it...)

-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012