August 27, 2009
Last week I talked about the pros of using short and simple words in writing. It tends to keep prose clear, concise, and on track; good aims generally. I do however think a hard-line fundamentalist view can limit your options for language.
The wonder of English, after all comes from a fairly simple syntax with a huge well [...]
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April 9, 2009
Writer #1: If you ask me, word choice is everything.
Writer #2: You couldn’t be more wrong. Diction is everything.
So I’m writing what may or may not be a love scene. There’s definitely a good looking young woman with no clothes on. There’s definitely a young man admiring this young lady and her nakedness. But halfway [...]
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