#elementsofstyle — Public Fediverse posts
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There's a kind of checklist to help with this: when a story is falling short in some way, writers roll out these "rules" for what makes for good and bad prose. There are a bunch of these rulesets (think of #StrunkAndWhite's #ElementsOfStyle), including some genre-specific ones like the #TurkeyCityLexicon:
https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/
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CW: Long thread/8
There's a kind of checklist to help with this: when a story is falling short in some way, writers roll out these "rules" for what makes for good and bad prose. There are a bunch of these rulesets (think of #StrunkAndWhite's #ElementsOfStyle), including some genre-specific ones like the #TurkeyCityLexicon:
https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/
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CW: Long thread/8
There's a kind of checklist to help with this: when a story is falling short in some way, writers roll out these "rules" for what makes for good and bad prose. There are a bunch of these rulesets (think of #StrunkAndWhite's #ElementsOfStyle), including some genre-specific ones like the #TurkeyCityLexicon:
https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/
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CW: Long thread/8
There's a kind of checklist to help with this: when a story is falling short in some way, writers roll out these "rules" for what makes for good and bad prose. There are a bunch of these rulesets (think of #StrunkAndWhite's #ElementsOfStyle), including some genre-specific ones like the #TurkeyCityLexicon:
https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/
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CW: Long thread/8
There's a kind of checklist to help with this: when a story is falling short in some way, writers roll out these "rules" for what makes for good and bad prose. There are a bunch of these rulesets (think of #StrunkAndWhite's #ElementsOfStyle), including some genre-specific ones like the #TurkeyCityLexicon:
https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/
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What a delightfully-irreverent guide to #writing in #English - if you're a fan of #PoliticsAndTheEnglishLanguage by #GeorgeOrwell or of the #ElementsOfStyle by #StrunkAndWhite, brace yourself:
"How To Write English Prose", The Lamp (https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/how-to-write-english-prose).
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What a delightfully-irreverent guide to #writing in #English - if you're a fan of #PoliticsAndTheEnglishLanguage by #GeorgeOrwell or of the #ElementsOfStyle by #StrunkAndWhite, brace yourself:
"How To Write English Prose", The Lamp (https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/how-to-write-english-prose).
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What a delightfully-irreverent guide to #writing in #English - if you're a fan of #PoliticsAndTheEnglishLanguage by #GeorgeOrwell or of the #ElementsOfStyle by #StrunkAndWhite, brace yourself:
"How To Write English Prose", The Lamp (https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/how-to-write-english-prose).
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A women’s clothing brand called GRAMMAR, with styles called Split Infinitive, Pronoun, Superlative, and Dangling Modifier.
“Inspired by The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. & E.B. White., GRAMMAR creates foundational elements of a modern minimalist wardrobe.”
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@ccanonne anyone who mentions Strunk and White #ElementsOfStyle and Herman Melville’s books and poems as #WritingTips has my attention…