I agree the first sentence is a bit awkward (I would suggest something like "Learn all the important rules and errors, from elementary to advanced"), but what's wrong with the second example?
> Write skilfully, and write powerful and eloquent blog posts, books, and more.
* The repetition of "write" is annoying.
* The use of multiple adjectives to describe a list of things is awkward and wordy.
* "Blog posts" shouldn't be the first item, because it's easy to read "blog" as modifying "books" too.
* "And" is a weird conjunction here. Is writing powerfully and eloquently separate from writing skillfully?
I'd have two separate bullets:
* Write skilfully.
* Create eloquent books, blog posts, and more.
I'd also make the other bullet points start with a verb ("Receive two books in one" etc). I don't think I'd ever be that picky about the writing if it weren't the marketing copy for a book full of writing advice.
As an aside, the "skilfully" spelling is pretty jarring for Americans (or at least for me), but it's apparently correct in the rest of the English-speaking world. TIL.
Perhaps we should take a moment and remember that Grammar can be fun (or so they tried to convince us between Saturday morning cartoons) (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs)
Writing can be fun, grammar is just one constraint we leverage during writing, and easily bent to meet primeval rhythm requirements. Writing is like composing music, it is written conversation that flows as if you were talking through the paper, with additional constraints to match the medium.
The best way to become good at writing is to do it a lot and receive lots of critique. Style and grammar guides aren't very useful.
If we are talking about technical blog style writing, only a few people write well at all, even out of those that have actual readers; in academic writing, it is even more depressing. Better to develop a critical eye that can recognize good and bad writing.
> Write skilfully, and write powerful and eloquent blog posts, books, and more.
* The repetition of "write" is annoying.
* The use of multiple adjectives to describe a list of things is awkward and wordy.
* "Blog posts" shouldn't be the first item, because it's easy to read "blog" as modifying "books" too.
* "And" is a weird conjunction here. Is writing powerfully and eloquently separate from writing skillfully?
I'd have two separate bullets:
* Write skilfully.
* Create eloquent books, blog posts, and more.
I'd also make the other bullet points start with a verb ("Receive two books in one" etc). I don't think I'd ever be that picky about the writing if it weren't the marketing copy for a book full of writing advice.
As an aside, the "skilfully" spelling is pretty jarring for Americans (or at least for me), but it's apparently correct in the rest of the English-speaking world. TIL.