In my last sentence tip, I completely oversimplified one effect of short sentences. You have to start somewhere right? I freely admit that I oversimplified things on purpose.
And I’m going to do it again. Heh heh heh.
Entries from February 2007 ↓
Sentence Tip # 2 - The Density of Long
February 8th, 2007 — editing, models, publishing, sentence tips, sentences, speculative fiction, writing
Build Community on Your Blog in Five Steps
February 6th, 2007 — blogging, blogtipping, publishing, readers, writing
Because that’s the purpose of a blog right? Just because we aren’t blogging for money, doesn’t mean the blogosphere doesn’t have its own economy with its own currency. Of course, it does.
You’re saying to yourself, “The economics of blogging? Yawn.”
But listen. This is really important. Economics is just the science of explaining how people get what they want.
Sentence Tip # 1 - The Speed of Short
February 1st, 2007 — models, sentence tips, sentences, writing
There’s a story about George Washington Carver. He asked God to reveal the secrets of the universe, and God was silent. He asked God to reveal the secrets of science and biology, and God was silent. Then he asked God to reveal the secrets of the peanut, and God did.
I don’t care about peanuts. But you could say I’ve spent the last ten years asking God to help me understand the secrets of a sentence. And I’ve worked hard to show God that I’m serious about the question.
Along the way, I’ve learned some tricks about how sentences work, and I thought I would share those in a regular series called simply “Sentence Tips.”
