If you would write emotionally, be first unemotional. If you would move your readers to tears, do not let them see you cry.
Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit....They have to fit in context. - James J. Kilpatrick
Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit....They have to fit in context.
- James J. Kilpatrick
Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book. - James J. Kilpatrick
Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book.
Find out where the people want to go, then hustle yourself around in front of them. - James J. Kilpatrick
Find out where the people want to go, then hustle yourself around in front of them.
Astrology is the sheerest hokum. This pseudoscience has been around since the day of the Chaldeans and Babylonians. It is as phony as numerology, phr… - James J. Kilpatrick
Astrology is the sheerest hokum. This pseudoscience has been around since the day of the Chaldeans and Babylonians. It is as phony as numerology, phr…
Style is important, but content comes first. - James J. Kilpatrick
Style is important, but content comes first.
Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess what Isaa… - James J. Kilpatrick
Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess what Isaa…
Louis Kelso's formula sounds like Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The whole theory sounds crazy. But, then, one may recall, they said all that of… - James J. Kilpatrick
Louis Kelso's formula sounds like Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The whole theory sounds crazy. But, then, one may recall, they said all that of…
Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it. - James J. Kilpatrick
Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it.
Use familiar words-words that your readers will understand, and not words they will have to look up. No advice is more elementary, and no advice is m… - James J. Kilpatrick
Use familiar words-words that your readers will understand, and not words they will have to look up. No advice is more elementary, and no advice is m…
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