Writing

Reflections on writing in general and latest book projects etc.

On Style and Eloquence

Having touched on the question of style in my last blog about the elements of writing, I now want to consider it in greater detail. E.B. White, in the last chapter of The Elements of Style, turns to style in its broadest sense of what is ‘distinguished and distinguishing.’ By ‘distinguished’ he means ‘what ignites …

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On Pedantry versus Euphony

I have recently been looking back at some of the books on the craft of writing that I have accrued over the last forty years – an exercise I believe any writer must undergo regularly and will surely benefit from. The point is that, as with any deeply complicated skill, from editing a movie to …

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