writing sentences | writing sentences
Feb.23.2011
In creative writing workshops, we often talk about the degree of tension or suspense in the short story or novel chapter. But you can reenact on the microscopic level of the sentence that same degree of tension. By writing sentences that in some way postpone the most important information, you...
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Jul.12.2010
I'm reading Stieg Larsson's "The Girl Who Played with Fire," though I don't know why. It's the second in a trilogy, after "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
The prose in "Dragon" was pretty bad. But the story was fast-paced enough to distract me from the writing....
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