When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.

Good writing has an aliveness that keeps the reader reading from one paragraph to the next, and it's not a question of gimmicks to "personalize" the author.

The sound of the bat is the music of spring training.

Writers must constantly ask: what I am trying to say? Surprisingly often, they don't know.

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

People and places are the twin pillars on which most nonfiction is built. Every human event happens somewhere, and the reader wants to know what that somewhere was like.

Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character. Golfing is more than keeping the left arm straight. Every good golfer is a complex engine that runs on ability, ego, determination, discipline, patience, confidence, and other qualities that are self-taught. So it is with writers and all creative artists. If their values are solid their work is likely to be solid.