Tips for effective writing....(not for the faint of heart)

As my friend Jess Elf would say: This is being written by the other Jess... the one who is restraining the "real" one! (or something like that...)

So, I've read some pretty interesting pieces - both recently, and in the past.  I won't name names or titles, as it's unnecessary, but I do feel that the general thoughts that will be vented herein must be done...
Now.  I'm a great fan of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution (for our non-US friends, that's the one that protects freedom of speech, religion, etc..) and I usually don't get too antsy when someone goes off - for I do the same.  But when the work is illegible, and a total abuse of electrons, I say game over....

#1 - Text Speak:  As I've mentioned on many works, there is a time and place for text speak.  Poetry, in my opinion, is not one of them.  It's one thing to say "i luv u" as a short hand message to your significant other over the phone - and a totally different thing to put it in a poem written like that.  If you're going to shorten stuff in your writing, at least have the common courtesy to shorten it the right way.  because -> 'cause.  Loving -> Lovin'  the apostrophe is supposed to indicate the letters missing.  "cuz" and "luvn" are not words!!  I even cringe when I see them in the comments section.  And yes, I'm guilty of shortening words, or using slang, but I do it correctly, and it rarely causes a problem - and I certainly don't do it in a poem (except for intentional ribbings)

#2 - Ebonics:  I've loathed this tribe speak ever since it was created.  Sadly enough, I've seen STATE COLLEGES offer a course in this.... This is not a language, nor even a dialect as far as I'm concerned.  It is the product of a lazy and unambitious society.  It is talk that makes you sound uneducated and foolish - even if that's not the image you intend to portray.  "Yo, dawg, this shit is fo shizzle!" is NOT a fucking sentence!  Do yourself a favor, and go read an english book and english dictionary.  And keep it out of poetry.  If you want to sound like a dumb shit, then I will have no qualms about treating you as one - and will rip your work apart if I feel it is even worth my energy doing.

#3 - Bad or no punctuation:  Remember our friends . , ! ? and the space key??  One space after every word, two at the end of a sentence.  my life is great!man u rockawesome  is NOT a sentence.  Open up a grammar book, and refresh your memory from 4th grade, ok?

This isn't rocket science, and it's not even really that difficult.  You don't have to be smart, or overly educated to write correctly - or at least in a manner in which you are understood! 

That is all...that is all....