Editing Lewis structure (section)

===Miburo method===
A simpler method has been proposed for constructing Lewis structures, eliminating the need for electron counting: the atoms are drawn showing the valence electrons; bonds are then formed by pairing up valence electrons of the atoms involved in the bond-making process, and anions and cations are formed by adding or removing electrons to/from the appropriate atoms.<ref>{{citation |author=Miburo, Barnabe B. |year=1993 |title=Simplified Lewis Structure Drawing for Non-science Majors |journal=[[J. Chem. Educ.]] |volume=75 |issue=3 |page=317 |doi=10.1021/ed075p317|bibcode=1998JChEd..75..317M }}</ref>

A trick is to count up valence electrons, then count up the number of electrons needed to complete the octet rule (or with hydrogen just 2 electrons), then take the difference of these two numbers. The answer is the number of electrons that make up the bonds. The rest of the electrons just go to fill all the other atoms' octets.