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... style , which employs a popular idiom . Many consider him the Mark Twain of our day . What follows is his own practical advice on writing well . 1 Newspaper reporters and ... Style," KURT VONNEGUT How to Write with Style KURT VONNEGUT.
... style , which employs a popular idiom . Many consider him the Mark Twain of our day . What follows is his own practical advice on writing well . 1 Newspaper reporters and ... Style," KURT VONNEGUT How to Write with Style KURT VONNEGUT.
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... style or jazz - style writing , if you have something worth saying and wish to be understood . Readers want our pages to look very much like pages they have seen be- fore . Why ? This is because they themselves have a tough job to do ...
... style or jazz - style writing , if you have something worth saying and wish to be understood . Readers want our pages to look very much like pages they have seen be- fore . Why ? This is because they themselves have a tough job to do ...
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... styles , which is what we choose to write about , is utterly unlimited . 21 22 8. FOR REALLY DETAILED ADVICE For a discussion of literary style in a narrower sense , in a more technical sense , I commend to your attention The Elements of ...
... styles , which is what we choose to write about , is utterly unlimited . 21 22 8. FOR REALLY DETAILED ADVICE For a discussion of literary style in a narrower sense , in a more technical sense , I commend to your attention The Elements of ...
Contents
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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