Viaxin your grammar. Bad grammar is like a nasty pothole on a smooth, stretch of road: you're driving at a steady pace and you love the cruise when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a great turbulence shakes you up and makes you veer off course. Bad grammar has the same effect on your readers-it ruins the mood and makes them lose momentum. So make sure you not only have a dictionary in hand, but grab yourself a thesaurus as well to help you understand more thoroughly how to use certain words.