2. RULE #1
If you write
every day, you
get better at
writing each day.

3. RULE #2
If it’s boring
to you, its
boring to
your reader.

4. RULE #3
Get a writing
routine and
stick with it.

5. RULE #4
Poetry does
NOT have to
rhyme!

6. RULE #5
Resist
stereotypes, in
real life and in
your writing…

7. RULE #6
Writers read.
Writers read a
lot. Writers read
all of the time.

8. RULE #7
Make lists of your
favourite
words, books, pl
aces and things.

9. RULE #8
There doesn’t
always have to
be a moral to the
story.

10. RULE #9
Always bring
your notebook.
Always bring
your pen.

11. RULE #10
Go for walks.
Dance. Pull
weeds. Do the
dishes. Write
about it.

12. RULE #11
Don’t settle on
just on style!
Try something
new!

13. RULE #12
Learn to tell
both sides of
the story.