I love the readings we do for class. It seems they are reading my mind. Varied sentence length. Varied paragraph length. Varied example count ... I think about this constantly.
One word.
Two words.
Three.
Four?
I really love Roy Peter Clark's assertion that one is for power; two for comparison, contrast; three for completeness, wholeness, roundness; four or more to list, inventory, compile and expand. I also like how four can be used to introduce an awkward idea.
The more I delve into writing, the more I realize that the magic I once felt for it is starting to evolve into something less like magic and more akin to power.
Constructions are intentional and while writing from the gut is always the answer, knowing the tools used in those constructions by feel, touch and smell is equally as powerful.
One word.
Two words.
Three.
Four?
I really love Roy Peter Clark's assertion that one is for power; two for comparison, contrast; three for completeness, wholeness, roundness; four or more to list, inventory, compile and expand. I also like how four can be used to introduce an awkward idea.
The more I delve into writing, the more I realize that the magic I once felt for it is starting to evolve into something less like magic and more akin to power.
Constructions are intentional and while writing from the gut is always the answer, knowing the tools used in those constructions by feel, touch and smell is equally as powerful.
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