1) Re-read everything you write before you post (quality control
is one of the reasons why all my chapters are so short).

I'd suggest reading it backwards (ie, last paragraph, next-to-last
paragraph, ect) so that your "I know this story front to back" mentality
doesn't interfere. You may know your fic front to back, but do you know it
back to front? ;)

authors blindly parroting what they think the characters say ("Hoist by
my own Picard," indeed).                                       ^^^^^^^^

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Although this one might be appropriate for a R1/2-ST:TNG crossover. This
would not be a spelling error, or semantic error, just a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE
pun! Note that you WILL be summarily executed for such a thing. ;)

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