Writing Class #3

Without conjunctions

I divide two complete thoughts

Abrupt and direct

--MaryAnn

Tip of the Day

If you want to write better, read more.

Quote of the Day

"Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite."

--C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)

Word of the Day

abjure - v. uhb JOOR
to renounce or repudiate.

Abjure means to renounce, repudiate or put aside: She has abjured the company of men. Adjure means to command or direct: The judge adjured the witnesses not to talk to reporters until the trial was over.


--Words that Make a Difference, Robert Greenman

Writing in Haiku

Know; no more, no less

A key to writing success

Polished with finesse

Simplicity

"The great artist is the simplifier."

--Henri-Frederic Amiel

Clarity

"Do not write so that you can be understood--write so that you cannot be misunderstood."

-- Epictetus