The last link has one of my favourite discussions of bad writing. Herewith, the rough breakdown of manuscript characteristics, from most to least obvious rejections: 1. Author is functionally illiterate. 2. Author has submitted some variety of literature we don’t publish: poetry, religious revelation, political rant, illustrated fanfic, etc. 3. Author has a serious neurochemical disorder, puts all important words into capital letters, and would type out to the margins if MSWord would let them......"