Because writting could be based on a point of view, could it not?

Words already do not capture the essence of experience, so why not make it fun and write however you choose to write!

if someone would like to write without capital letters.. let it be so!

IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO WRITE ALL IN CAPS... let it be so!

fi soemnoe wulud lkie ot wirte mssey.. let it be so!

I seh be creative when writting, even find your own special style of writting.  If everyone followed the same rules, would it not look the same?

Just putting a different perspective out there.

Your tips are great! and thank you!

RULES OF COMPOSITION 

Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic 

As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning.

1. the topic sentence comes at or near the beginning;   

2. the succeeding sentences explain or establish or develop the statement made in the topic sentence; and   

3. the final sentence either emphasizes the thought of the topic sentence or states some important consequence.  Use the active voice:    I shall always remember my first visit to Boston.  This is much better than:  My first visit to Boston will always be remembered by me.  Put statements in positive form:    He was not very often on time.  He usually came late.  He did not think that studying Latin was much use.  He thought the study of Latin useless.  The Taming of the Shrew is rather weak in spots. Shakespeare does not  portray Katharine as a very admirable character, nor does Bianca remain  long in memory as an important character in Shakespeare's works.  The women in The Taming of the Shrew are unattractive. Katharine is  disagreeable, Bianca insignificant.   

Omit needless words!   

The question as to whether = whether (the question whether)  there is no doubt but that = no doubt (doubtless)  used for fuel purposes = used for fuel  he is a man who = he  in a hasty manner = hastily  this is a subject which = this subject  His story is a strange one.  = His story is strange.   

Avoid a succession of loose sentences.

Express co-ordinate ideas in similar form:

Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method, while now the  laboratory method is employed = Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method; now it is taught by the  laboratory method. 

Keep related words together:

Wordsworth, in the fifth book of The Excursion, gives a minute  description of this church = In the fifth book of The Excursion, Wordsworth gives a minute description of this  church.

Cast iron, when treated in a Bessemer converter, is changed into  steel = By treatment in a Bessemer converter, cast iron is changed into steel. 

In summaries, keep to one tense:

"An unforeseen chance prevents Friar John from delivering Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo. Juliet, meanwhile, owing to her father's arbitrary change of the day set  for her wedding, has been compelled to drink the potion on Tuesday night, with the result that Balthasar informs Romeo of her supposed death before Friar Lawrence  learns of the nondelivery of the letter."

Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end:

Humanity has hardly advanced in fortitude since that time, though it has  advanced in many other ways = Humanity, since that time, has advanced in many other ways, but it has hardly  advanced in fortitude.
.
This steel is principally used for making razors, because of its hardness. = Because of its hardness, this steel is principally used in making razors.

Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's:

Charles's friend
Burns's poems
the witch's malice

In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last :

red, white, and blue
honest, energetic, but headstrong
He opened the letter, read it, and made a note of its contents.

Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas:

The best way to see a country, unless you are pressed for time, is to travel on foot.

Place a comma before and or but introducing an independent clause:

The early records of the city have disappeared, and the story of its first years can no longer be reconstructed.
The situation is perilous, but there is still one chance of escape.

Do not join independent clauses by a comma:

   Stevenson's romances are entertaining; they are full of exciting adventures.
It is nearly half past five; we cannot reach town before dark.

Do not break sentences in two:

I met them on a Cunard liner several years ago. Coming home from Liverpool to New York.
He was an interesting talker. A man who had traveled all over the world, and lived in half a dozen countries.

A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject:

Walking slowly down the road, he saw a woman accompanied by two children.

Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation and pronunciation:

  know-ledge (not knowl-edge); Shake-speare (not Shakes-peare); de-scribe (not des-cribe); atmo-sphere (not atmos-phere)

Well, yeah, some context might have helped!

Well here's an even shorter and less complicated one in response:

OH!

Sometimes, as an editor, I feel more like a translator.

Well, yeah, some context might have helped!

And, this was the short and uncomplicated sentence I was referring to in my post.

Jen wrote:

LOL...very funny, Auendove!

True.

The shortest sentence I ever wrote, I just wrote. It was soooo uncomplicated....

ROTFLMAO!!!

Well, it is relatively short and uncomplicated now:

She had to first be taken into my heart center to transmute her powerful, powerful sense of unabandonment where others' welfare was concerned. = I took her into my heart and helped to resolve her co-dependent tendencies. 

Sometimes, as an editor, I feel more like a translator.

Here's another example, of a sentence I just edited for the
magazine:

Establishing the spectrum of relationships between the basic needs and the grander aspirations of a project is essential.

which I rewrote as:
 

Of primary importance in any project,  is finding a balance between the visionary aspect and the material requirements.

Happy New Year to you too, Babe, and all members of NR!

LOL...very funny, Auendove!

True.

The shortest sentence I ever wrote, I just wrote. It was soooo uncomplicated....

ROTFLMAO!!!

Happy New Year, Sisterella!

Actually, I LOL'ed when I first posted that sentence for
revision--it's so terrible.  I would revise it thusly:  She wasn't sure she wanted to go out with him.

Let's see what others come up with in revising your mess of a sentence!

The question as to whether she would go out with him remained to be seen.

To go out with him was questionable.

or,  Snicker! Snort!....Snicker! Snicker! Snort! Snort!

To go out with her yet remained a question in his mind. Is he drawn to her by whimsy, or is she his fate? And as fate may have its way, is he to be her bane? Going out wiith her, also, is his wonder.

To go out, or not to go out...that is the question .

Now, take on this mess of a sentence--

She had to first be taken into my heart center to transmute her powerful, powerful sense of unabandonment where others' welfare was concerned.

I was surprised the first time i was sent an interview for editing. I had assumed that the many interviews I'd read were verbatim exchanges.  Nope!  I had to edit the run-on sentences, the repetition, and cut out the a lot of words.  And I've done the same with every single interview I've edited since then.

So yes, artichoke, we need to clean it up, as you said, but usually quite a bit more than a "little."

Anyone want to try their hand at revising this sentence?

The question as to whether she would go out with him remained to be seen.

I think the secret to write the same way you would talk.  Well maybe clean it up a little, but good writing is no more formal than good speech, although it can be better organized.
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Good point! For me this seems difficult to do for some reason. Perhaps because I am not able to see feedback (facial expressions, etc.) and I'm not sure if what I'm expressing is being understood by the reader, in the exact manner I've intended.

Anyway that's what I learned a few years ago.

And now it's easier because it's considered okay to just split infinitives even in writing!

Jen wrote:

Just now, I was editing some of my own stuff, and I realized the main secret of writing well.  Can anyone guess what it is?

How many guesses before you reveal the answer?
My guess is- get rid of the ego, make it understandable to many.(I'm not saying you are egotistical, just speaking in general to all writers)

Um, a couple more guesses, I guess   Or if there are no more guesses, I'll reveal it.

the answer has to do with a more technical aspect of writing than you gave--which however is connected to the soul aspect.