On "Prose-Forward" Writing and the Pleasures of Different Genre Conversations
Lincoln Michelcountercraft.substack.com
On "Prose-Forward" Writing and the Pleasures of Different Genre Conversations
Essays should be linear, that’s what makes it an essay. If you have a mosaic of paragraphs that can be shuffled in any order, that’s not an essay, those are notes, no matter how poetic the prose.
Sequence matters. Our mind works via cause-and-effect. Of course, there’s value to creating tension, by purposely time jumping, or by injecting subtle mys
... See moreA sentence is more than its meaning. It is a line of words where logic and lyric meet – a piece of both sense and sound, even if that sound is heard only in the head. Things often thought to be peculiar to poetry – metre, rhythm, music – are there in prose as well, or should be.
Joe Moran • First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life.
I see hundreds, actually thousands, of online writing courses popping up on the Internet. Nearly all of them involve some cohort based model that trains people on how to write consistently for an online audience (for engagement).
The creators have already solved the riddle of content-driven writing, and they will show you how to crack the code.
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The creators have already solved the riddle of content-driven writing, and they will show you how to crack the code.
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