There is no one way to render an idea. Let’s explore how masters of the sentence play with length and style to make their sentences distinctive.
Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention. - Constance Hale
Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention.
- Constance Hale
The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar. - Constance Hale
The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar.
A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting. What makes the difference? T… - Constance Hale
A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting. What makes the difference? T…
Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is and sh… - Constance Hale
Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is and sh…
Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and The Old Man and the Sea. T… - Constance Hale
Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and The Old Man and the Sea. T…
Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arr… - Constance Hale
Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arr…
Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let them glide, rather… - Constance Hale
Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let them glide, rather…
Writers today must navigate the shifting verbal currents of the post-Gutenberg era. When does jargon end and a new vernacular begin? Where's the line… - Constance Hale
Writers today must navigate the shifting verbal currents of the post-Gutenberg era. When does jargon end and a new vernacular begin? Where's the line…
Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear. - Constance Hale
Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear.
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