Good style in Lojban
Don't copy your words
ko na jai gau rapli fai lo me lo nei moi
Try making every construct in your discourse used only once. The next time you need them just refer to them:[1]. Don't copy fragments of your discourse. Instead try to go to higher levels of abstraction to avoid that. Instead of
| mi do prami .ije do mi prami mi do prami gi'e se prami I love you, and you love me. |
say
| mi do se xi vei pa je re prami I love you, and vice versa. |
This allows for more tricky examples to be expressed using the same algorithm:
| mi do se xi vei pa jonai re prami Either I love you, or you love me, but not both. |
etc.
Test your work
If you wrote a text in or about Lojban check if you yourself and your friends-Lojbanists can understand it.
Think in the language and style of your readers
Imagine how others will understand your work. Are you writing for people of the same origin? Are they familiar with your style? Will they understand it?
No work is perfect
Whatever you write don't expect it to be perfect. Consider it a working draft that is open to changes in future. Do not drop your work because you think it is not perfect. Of course it is not. Write as you can. After each step in writing your text you will be able to browse it once again to see what can be done for the next step.
Links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pragmatic_Programmer
- http://www.grobmeier.de/the-10-rules-of-a-zen-programmer-03022012.html#.U8D4YlWSy2k
- http://blog.codinghorror.com/a-pragmatic-quick-reference/
- http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/97_Things_Every_Programmer_Should_Know