Author George Orwell is best known for his books 1984 andAnimal Farm. He was an English novelist whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair, according to the Orwell Foundation.

Orwell was a prolific writer known for his politically themed novels and essays. His life came to an end in 1950 at just 46 years old after a battle with advanced tuberculosis. But in those short years, his writing came to inspire millions of readers around the world.

In 1946, Orwell shared a few of his writing rules with readers in an essay titled “Politics and the English Language.” The essay features Orwell’s commentary on the craft of writing, according to Douglas E. Abrams, a University of Missouri law professor. In his paper “Orwell’s Six Cures to Bad Writing,” Abrams writes that for Orwell, “Good writing depends on sound grammar, spelling, style, and syntax, but it also depends on willingness to bend or break the........

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