This week how about some Baroque Music from the Netherlands?
While the above post card was photographed in Colorado, it reminds me of west Texas. Europeans can say what they want about America, but so far the favorite post cards world over are the ones I send out with cowboys. A romantic stereotype, I suppose, but one that is enjoyed internationally.
The Art of Writing: Four Principles for Great Writing that Everyone Needs to Know by Peter YangMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This short book is highly readable and concise, but filled with valuable information for the aspiring writer.
I have been writing for several years and still found several bits of useful advise to help me improve my writing skills.
The book is broken up into four sections that deal with such topics as writing with active not passive verbs, good sentence and paragraph syntax, avoiding cliches or repetitive words. Yang shows the reader how to avoid these common pitfalls as well as others as well as methods of making our writing more vibrant, interesting and clear.
Included are good, concrete examples of dos and don'ts as well as examples of good writing from authors throughout the history of literature.
I heartily recommend this book for all writers who would like to improve their skills of expression on paper or the internet.
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15 comments:
Hi Sharon - I should take a look at this book or something similar.
That is a nice postcard. I love landscape pictures.
You’ve reviewed a winner! I used to give advice to student writers: use nouns and active verbs; limit everything else.
i thought at first the picture was Argentinian! bit of a surprise, there... haha... about the music: it really annoys me that modern orchestras play everything too fast... maybe it's just my age, but, especially in Baroque concerti, etc., it results in a mish-mash of sound that destroys the performance... old grouch that i am... writing is a continuing learning experience for sure... your posts are well written, tho, and enjoyable to read...
Sharon thank you for the review of this book. My hubby who enjoys writing just might like this one...hmm Amazon here I come :)!
Bet I could use this book. I'll check the library, pronto! Passive verbs is my weakness; problem is, I struggle to correct it. I need instruction and practice.
BTW, I agree: I sure do love that American frontier w/ a bunch of cowboys.
Hi Brian!
This book is good because it is well organized and concise. No fat, all meat. I have been having a lot of fun picking out postcards for others. I think I enjoy it more than receiving postcards.
Hi R.T.
This is an impressive young man. He has already written such a good book. I see good things in store for him.
HI Mudpuddle!
Ha, ha! You're not an old grouch! I agree that sometimes people can perform music in a way that is not stylistically pure, usually to dazzle the layman.
Glenn Gould played the last movement of the Hindemith Tuba sonata breathtakingly slow and I thought it was beautiful. Pianists usually play it faster than you can hear.
I didn't know Argentina had cowboys and ranches. I guess I should have.
Hi Debbie,
I hope your husband gets a lot out of the book. What does he write? Fiction? Nonfiction?
Hi Ruth!
I know what you mean. I am always writing past progressive. It's like a sickness with me. I usually catch it on the first proof, luckily.
California has it's own lovely landscape.
Have you all determined to move, yet?
Loved that Baroque Music (still listening)
HI Haddock!
Glad you're enjoying it! Have a great day.
I'm bummed. Yang's book is not in my library system; however, I'll keep checking...and I added it to my wishlist.
California is beautiful! True.
My husband will take his final class in summer, and then we will gleefully sit down and decide what to do. My husband said something sad a few weeks ago, as we were discussing the upcoming election: he said, "Imagine if California turned read?" and then he sat and thought about it for a second or two...and added excitedly, "I'd stay!!!" And I agreed, too. Neither of us wants to uproot our family and our lives and start anew, although I think it would be exciting to move to the Midwest. (My mother is in Missouri, and it is so peaceful there.) Anyway, we don't see a future for our kids in the High Desert or in Cali, with the direction of our state. So...we'll see if my hubby is a man of his word when he graduates this summer. He wants to take a visit to Texas to check out areas outside of Austin or San Antonio. He wants the most conservative areas we can find.
HI Ruth.
Austin is extremely liberal and has a huge drug culture. Houston or Dallas would be a better pick, or one of the surrounding areas. Good luck. I pray for all the best for you and your family. I look forward to seeing where you end up.
P.S. Longview's not a big city, but it's nice.
I'm like to get a book like this so will keep this one in mind. I meant to ask you earlier how your son was and if he was back in the USA?
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