Name: _____________________

Writing Checklist:

• Font in times or New Times Roman  
• Double Spaced
• Make sure there are none of these no-no words

• Good
• Bad
• big
• Thing
• Stuff
• Very
• Really

• If you have some No-No words, use thesaurus.com or go to my DP and check out the “Writing RUles” Tab
• At least one page long
• Use sensory writing (hear, smell, feel, see)

• How many times did you use sensory writing?

• _____________________

• Make sure numbers 0-99 are written out (one, two, three…)

• Make sure not to use the same word too many times in the same area
• Capitalize all proper nouns
• Capitalize “I”
• Don’t start a sentence with “So” or “Because”
• Don’t start sentences with And
• Try to avoid starting sentences with But
• Make sure that you are using the same tense (past, present, future) throughout the paper