Clemens' Notebook: Advice for Writers

I think that occasionally I will use the blog (or the blob, as my mother calls it), as a notebook to store odd little notes on this and that found here and there. They will not be meant to be interesting to anyone else. Here's the first one, from Josh Marshall, a journalist whose blog talkingpointsmemo.com is busy tracking down all the muck that is fit to rake.

Bad writing is usually imprecise writing - and its badness usually stems from the bad writer not having taken the time to think through what he or she means to say. The cobwebs and vagaries of their minds are revealed in bad prose.

I will try to keep this in mind as I blog. You may draw any deviations to my attention.