Bohemian Word Werks - Writing blunders

"... Anyway, here's a list of errors I (and some editors I know) see over, and over, and over again, ad desperandum. Plus a few that maybe just bug me ..."

http://eeknight.livejournal.com/283350.html

For example:

"Too often amateur writing sets up what the protagonist has to accomplish at the beginning of the story and sticks to that right to the end. That may work for some shorts, but in a novel you want events to move the goalposts. It allows the character to discover what she or the world really needs, rather than what was thought at the beginning. Remember, Frodo didn't set out from Bag End thinking he'd have to go to Mount Doom, he was just trying to get the ring out of the Shire and meet Gandalf. A story is not a baseball game, objectives and rewards can change with the character and situation. Go watch Run Lola Run if you don't believe me."

The History of Notes and Domino

Notes and Domino began in the work of Ray Ozzie, Tim Halvorsen, and Len Kawell, first on PLATO Notes at the University of Illinois and later on DECNotes. Lotus founder Mitch Kapor saw the potential in Ozzie's collaboration project and the rest is history.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/ls-NDHistory/

Quick Oracle User Guide

This Guide will introduce you to using Oracle for several basic tasks, as well as how to configure the Oracle environment and use special features of its user interface.

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/%7Edbbook/openAccess/thirdEdition/Oracle/user_guide/oracle_guide.html