{"id":44756,"date":"2013-05-22T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=44756"},"modified":"2014-12-29T23:14:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T06:14:46","slug":"how-can-i-write-like-you-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/05\/how-can-i-write-like-you-mark.html","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Write Like You, Mark?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Many people ask how they can become a rich and powerful writer like myself, tapping into the untold wealth to be found in the glittering and high octane world of Catholic scribbling.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips for becoming a little bit like the glamorous A list celebrity you see before you, known to literally dozens of people the world over.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Research. Many people exhaust themselves poring over books and tracking down sources. I solve this problem by writing books full of baseless assertions in full caps. ONLY A FOOL WOULD CHALLENGE THAT, ACCORDING TO A 1982 STUDY BY DR. HOVEL T. MOON OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY.<\/li>\n<li>Style. Style is all-important. The key to writing like Mark Shea is twofold: 1. Capitalization; 2. Being an Abrasive Jerk; and 3. Not Being Good at Math.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Speaking of not being good at math, bullet pointed lists instead of numbered ones cover a multitude of sins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More tips coming as I think of them.\u00a0 Time for a dip in my Scrooge McDuck pool full of gold coins earned from the glamorous, fast-paced, high-stakes world of Professional Catholic Writing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people ask how they can become a rich and powerful writer like myself, tapping into the untold wealth to be found in the glittering and high octane world of Catholic scribbling. 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