Rule 8

* Have captivating title and hook.  Use emotion to grab your readers into your paper.

* Don't keep your writing a secret.  Let other people see it and give feedback.

* Sometimes the hardest part of the paper is just starting.  In the introduction you establish all the main points you will address throughout the paper.  You can almost use this as an outline for the rest of the paper.

* Write with emotion and feeling.  Take personal feelings from experiences and express them in your writing.

* Keep it short and sweet.  Short enough to keep everyone interested, but long enough to cover the criteria and topic.

* Take your time. 

* You have to pace yourself in the writing process.

* Writing doesn't always have to be explosive, meaning it's okay to organize your thoughts as you write to make less work on yourself later.

* Granted, you want to get everything down on the paper that you're thinking, but you don't want to lose focus on your topic and your direction because of mixed up thoughts.

* Sleep and dream about what you want to say.  Let your mind wander.