Steven, I happen to agree. I think if we all followed these ideas completely, there would not be much to write. As I said before, I have violated a few of those and probably will in the future. It is bound to happen. I vehemently disagree with the whole Phyllis thing, because I think characters need to be inherently flawed. Otherwise they become boring. Bad grammar, mechanics, and punctuation is not a good thing. I will tell anyone that it's important to have an editor and at least one beta reader. In addition, it does not to have a final edit.