Here's some of mine I usually find helpful.
1) Get familiar with the aliasing/encoding system.
2) Know where to put every [-CV], [CV], [V C], [VC], [VC-], [-CC], [CC], [C C], [CC-] properly. Most of the time I use the [-CV], [CV], [V C], and [VC-], [-CC], [CC], [CC-] I rarely the [VC]'s <--...