HINTS TO WRITERS by C. W. S.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 2, 1876

HINTS TO WRITERS.

By C. W. S.

1. Put a heading, as short as possible, over your article. This saves the time and wits of the one that prepares it for the printer.

2. Write as plainly as possible. This saves the time and spares the eyes of the compositors.

3. Write only on one side of a sheet.

4. Find a grammar or some old spelling book, and study the rules for the use of capital letters.

5. Try to spell correctly. Articles very badly spelled bring us only two cents a pound.

6. Don't use & for and. We have to cross them all out and write a n d instead.

7. Put a period after every abbreviation; as Bro., Sr., T. and M. for Tract and Missionary, &c., and at the end of every declarative sentence. Use a comma now and then if you know where it is wanted, otherwise leave it out.

8. When you make a period with your pen, make a period, not a straight mark; when you make a comma, see that it looks like one.

9. When you think you have written enough on an article, stop; then boil it down at least one-third.

10. Sign your name and give your State and town. C. W. S.