SK's 20 Quotes On Writing
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Only one I call BS on is #4.
Edit: Maybe not. I write all the time in my head, but only the good stuff hits the paper.
I leave the rest of the shi7 in my head.
Edit: Maybe not. I write all the time in my head, but only the good stuff hits the paper.
I leave the rest of the shi7 in my head.
I seem to recall that SK said that the road to hell is paved with adverbs. If that's so I can build the road:
is, are, was, were, be, am, being, been, may, can, might, must, would, could, should, shall, have, has, had, do, does, did
Yeah...forced to memorize them in Jr. High School English. May not not remember where I parked my car but never at a loss for an adverb
Houdini in Omaha
is, are, was, were, be, am, being, been, may, can, might, must, would, could, should, shall, have, has, had, do, does, did
Yeah...forced to memorize them in Jr. High School English. May not not remember where I parked my car but never at a loss for an adverb
Houdini in Omaha
If you can put "I" in front of it---even if it turns out way all ghetto---it's a verb. It's the dastardly "-ly's" that you need to use sparsely and sparely.
If you are a bad writer, you would write "He surreptitiously approached the tree with trepidation."
If you are a good writer: He approached the tree with caution.
If you are a great writer, you've already set the scene enough and you can just go with "He walked to the tree."
/2cents off
If you are a bad writer, you would write "He surreptitiously approached the tree with trepidation."
If you are a good writer: He approached the tree with caution.
If you are a great writer, you've already set the scene enough and you can just go with "He walked to the tree."
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That was a decent example of the "levels" of writing, but it falls short...
It's easy to single out and destroy or exalt one sentence.
Early on I called it "Flow." Later I called it "Pace," and now I break my previous rules of superbrevity and call it "The Dance of Words."
Paraphrasing King's "Read a lot and Write a lot," he didn't really provide a lot of education there...because that aspect is damn hard. Folks that can access the goods already have them. Sometimes they just need to be reminded.
In concert with a lot of good writing, a single crummy sentence can be more revelatory and insightful than a damn exclamation mark.
Grabbing the story and reaching your audience with it is still the most important thing.
Done writing about writing for a while, because I am finally into some good projects.
Funkyfresh, Peace out!!!1!!
That was a decent example of the "levels" of writing, but it falls short...
It's easy to single out and destroy or exalt one sentence.
Early on I called it "Flow." Later I called it "Pace," and now I break my previous rules of superbrevity and call it "The Dance of Words."
Paraphrasing King's "Read a lot and Write a lot," he didn't really provide a lot of education there...because that aspect is damn hard. Folks that can access the goods already have them. Sometimes they just need to be reminded.
In concert with a lot of good writing, a single crummy sentence can be more revelatory and insightful than a damn exclamation mark.
Grabbing the story and reaching your audience with it is still the most important thing.
Done writing about writing for a while, because I am finally into some good projects.
Funkyfresh, Peace out!!!1!!