my biggest advice is to remember that photography is a two part process. taking the photo and editing the photo. certain things can be done better or easier in one part compared to the other (ex. getting model to pose correctly is easier in the shoot than trying to edit on post) there are lots of digital tools out there today that blur the lines between the two.

your list is a great start. for the first one, I'd say to neither under or over expose. the point is to be able to capture details at all light levels. that will give you the most flexibility when editing.

another one I don't think you mentioned is to shoot in RAW when you can. it gives you a lot more control in editing than compressed file types.