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| - | * "You have to strip down your writing before you can build it back up" {sounds like OCS training} | + | * "You have to strip down your writing before you can build it back up" |
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| * "Sell yourself, and your subject will exert its own appeal" | * "Sell yourself, and your subject will exert its own appeal" | ||
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| * "In general we turned out to be liberal in accepting new words and phrases, but conservative in grammar" | * "In general we turned out to be liberal in accepting new words and phrases, but conservative in grammar" | ||
| * "These may seem like picayune distinctions. They' | * "These may seem like picayune distinctions. They' | ||
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| + | ===== On Writing Well ===== | ||
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| + | * 1976 | ||
| + | * William Zinsser | ||
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| + | ====Ch 13. Bits and Pieces==== | ||
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| + | * use active verbs | ||
| + | * Hemingway, Thurber, Thoreau, KJV, Shakespeare, | ||
| + | * "Joe hit him" vs "He was hit by Joe" | ||
| + | * Most adverbs are unecessary e.g. "The radio blared loudly" | ||
| + | * Most adjectives are unnecessary (fr elsewhere: quality over extent) | ||
| + | * Limit qualifiers e.g. "a bit", " | ||
| + | * Keep paragraphs short | ||
| + | * "Your subconscious mind does more writing than you think" | ||
| + | * Use verbs instead of concept nouns e.g. reaction, cynicism | ||
| + | * abolish "The human condition" | ||
| + | * avoid concept nouns | ||
| + | * "The common reaction is incredulous laughter" | ||
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| + | Science | ||
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| + | * Sequence is key - start with reader knows nothing --> " | ||
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| + | ==== CH 17 Humor==== | ||
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| + | * Humor - using it to deliver a serious point " | ||
| + | * "Humor is the secret weapon of the non-fiction writer. It is secret because so few writers realize that it is often their best tool -- and sometimes their only tool -- for making an important point" p.134 | ||
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| + | ==== History ==== | ||
| + | * 2017-04-26 Created | ||
| + | * 2020-08-28 Transcribed from index card to dokuwiki | ||
| ====Source==== | ====Source==== | ||
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