![]() Since the Ancient world, teachers of rhetoric have compiled style guides to help their students write and speak effectively. Or rule 18: “Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end”. You know, practical advice like rule 12: “Use definite, specific, concrete language”. ![]() It contained a list of common mistakes he found in his students’ writing and tips on how to avoid those mistakes. Its purpose was only to be a brief overview of basic writing tips. The Elements of Style began as short guidebook Professor Strunk handed out to his English students at the beginning of the semester. ![]() But all across the United States, every college freshman is being forced to read buy Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style. UK writers may favor HW Fowler for a guide to The King’s English. In America, William Strunk Jr and EB White are to writing what the Duke of Windsor is to menswear: the undisputed arbiters of style. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was in awe of her brutal precision, her sharp inquiries into the production of stories, her moral wrangling with journalism and biography. I had devoured The Silent Woman in graduate school, and then read everything else. The idea of her in my house, helping with my son’s online schooling-his teacher was reading out “rat facts” during his daily forty-five minutes of Zoom-was so incongruous that it made me laugh.īefore I met Janet, she was the only living writer who terrified me, because I loved her work so much. How can you not be stalled on writing? I wish there was something I could do to help.” Her response warmed me, elevating my state of general stagnancy into something almost socially acceptable. In one of my last email exchanges with Janet Malcolm, in one of the darkest parts of the pandemic, she wrote to me, “I can only try to imagine the hard time you and the children are having. 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It’s a clever mash-up of two of history’s most talented self-proclaimed doctors, and it’s one that’s going viral. When the pandemic put his other projects on hold, Milwaukee rapper and filmmaker Wes Tank decided to film himself something he’d been doing live for years: rapping the words to Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() It can effectively predict the future of civilizations as a whole. Here a man named Hari Seldon perfected the mathematics/science of psychohistory. ![]() At the center of it lies the planet Trantor, a planet blanketed entirely with cities, streets, infrastructure, running the galaxy. Some time in the far distant future, the universe has become one great galactic empire. Having devoured the first book rather quickly, I went ahead and read the original trilogy. ![]() Seeing Asimov’s Foundation listed right in there (and knowing I had one or two of them) seemed like a great place to start. At the beginning of the year, I decided to give myself a little book challenge by working through 10 Books You Pretend to Have Read (And Why You Should Really Read Them) article posted in io9. ![]() ![]() Extremely long personal posts, questions requiring medical expertise, or anything that cannot be reasonably addressed by art learners about making art will be removed. Post multiple images as a gallery or as multiple links in one text post. Multiple posts made in a short time period will be removed as spam. Include your own work if you have a specific question so that you get clear feedback. Jokes at another person’s expense, personal attacks, flaming, derailing threads, name-calling, trolling, and generally being an asshole will get you banned. “I like the use of color” or “the legs are too short” are much more helpful than “I like it” or “I don’t like it.”īe civil. Give constructive feedback, including examples of what works or doesn’t work. 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