#Alphabetgame #letterS
Two choices; one fiction, one nonfiction.
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century | 
#Alphabetgame #letterS
Two choices; one fiction, one nonfiction.
pickStill in the middle of this but am loving it. More than just a book of how-to‘s, it showcases Pinker‘s sharp mind with wit, humor, and examples from a host of fields.
A funny excerpt from a piece of writing being examined in this writing craft book.
"Dear Abby: My wife sleeps in the raw. Then she showers, brushes her teeth and fixes our breakfast--still in the buff. We're newlyweds and there are just the two of us, so I suppose there's really nothing wrong with it. What do you think?--Ed
Dear Ed: It's O.K. with me. But tell her to put on an apron when she's frying bacon."
Signed book from last night's Writers Festival event. This book came out just as I was starting out as a technical writer and I found it immensely useful, particularly for explaining to authors about the curse of knowledge.
Well, @BarbaraJean beat me to it, but this type of #style is as stylish as I get. 😬
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"Thinking of grammar as the original sharing app makes it much more interesting and much more useful"
Haha! Fair point.
Style, at least, adds beauty to the world. To a literate reader, a crisp sentence, an arresting metaphor, a witty aside, an elegant turn of phrase are among life's greatest pleasures.
