Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose
Sin And Syntax by Constance Hale
Everyone needs to know how to write stylish prose – students, professionals, and seasoned writers alike. Whether you’re writing to sell, shock, or just sing, Sin and Syntax – now celebrating 20 years in print–is the guide you need to improve your command of the English language.
Everyone needs to know how to write stylish prose – students, professionals, and seasoned writers alike. Whether you’re writing to sell, shock, or just sing, Sin and Syntax – now celebrating 20 years in print–is the guide you need to improve your command of the English language.
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I give this book to everyone. Tufte works through hundreds of syntax patterns and their effects on the reader, using real examples drawn from every type of writing imaginable.
This book is a fucking joy. https://t.co/3t797GQsYw
Such considerations of sound and rhythm should go into everything you write. If all your sentences move at the same plodding gait, which even you recognize as deadly but don’t know how to cure, read them aloud. (I write entirely by ear and read everything aloud before letting it go out into the world.) You’ll begin to hear where the trouble lies. S
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