"Someday I'll write my own philosophy book." - Calvin "This is the current rewrite of 'Ode to Spot.'" - Data ... If you want it done right, don't write it for Windows. ... Tag Rule #9 Never write a whole message when just a tagline will do. A time to write a recipe, a time to snag a recipe... A time to write a Tagline, a time to steal a Tagline... A writer must not shift your point of view. Always avoid alliteration. Always pick on the correct idiom. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake. And always be sure to finish what Avoid cliches like the plague--they're old hat. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Be more or less specific. Beat me, moderate me, make me write bad Taglines! Beat me, whip me, make me write @FN@ Taglines. Beat me, whip me, make me write @TO@ Taglines. Beat me, whip me, make me write Tribble taglines. Beat me. Whip me. Make me write bad Taglines. Comparisons are as bad as cliches. Conform, go crazy, or write lots of silly taglines! Contractions aren't necessary. Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor, not a tagline writer! Damn It Jim!! I'm a Doctor not a Tagline writer!!!!! Do not use a foreign word when there is an adequate English quid pro quo. Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively. Don't be redundant. Don't be redundant; don't more use words than necessary; it's highly superfluous. Don't drink and write taglines Don't forget to write! --Rimmer #2. Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions. Don't never use no double negatives. Don't overuse exclamation marks!! Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before. Don't use commas, that, are not necessary. Employ the vernacular. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. Eschew obfuscation. Everyone be careful to use a sing pronoun with sing nouns in their writing. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them. I didn't write the above message. It's just a glitch in the system. I didn't write this tagline. It's just a glitch in the system. I have writer's block, said Tom contritely. I just gotta write some new taglines... I just steal them, I don't write them. I think I'll go write that letter -- Riker I'll write my tombstone: Here lies Blackadder and he's bloody annoyed! I'll write no recipe before its time. I'm a Doctor, Jim, not a Tagline writer! I'm not a Tagline writer! (All of mine are stolen.) I've got Taglines to write, messages to read. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. If I could write great taglines, I wouldn't steal YOURS If you can't write `em, Steal `em. Tagline Thieves Local 46. If you're gonna use Taglines, at least write yer own! Ignore the last few lines, the writer's a musician! Illiterate? Write for FREE help. It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions. Avoid archaeic spellings too. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. It's enough to write text. You want a Tagline too? It's time to heal and write tagline again. It's time to heal and write Taglines again. metaphor sings, it should be derailed. Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice. No sentence fragments. Oh SURE. You can take time to read this. But can you write some? Noooo! On Strike - Tagline Writers Local 2718. One should never generalize. One-word sentences? Eliminate. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct. Poofread carefully to see if you any words out. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. Star Trek Continuity ERROR: (A)bort, (R)ewrite, (I)gnore? Subject and verb always has to agree. Taco Bell did NOT write "Canon in D". Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixed metaphors--even if a mixed The adverb always follows the verb. The Enterprise crew wins 'cause Star Trek has human writers. The passive voice should not be used. They adopted my tagline! Look Ma, I'm a WRITER! This is how he murdered the mystery writer, Tom described. This rerun due to Tagline Writer's strike. Trek Writers T-Shirt: We don't have to explain anything! Understatement is always best. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed. Use your spell checker to avoid mispelling and to catch typograhpical errors. Who needs rhetorical questions? Women, children, and Tagline writers first! Worf HATES writers! WRITE OR DIE!! Write injuries in sand, kindness in marble. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.