Several Short Sentences About Writing
by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Klinkenborg's unconventional book, set in short lines like verse: write short sentences, notice everything, distrust what you were taught about transitions and flow, know what each sentence is doing. It is a reeducation in attention more than a style guide, and it makes writers see their own prose freshly.
Read it if…
you write competently and want to write with more attention and control.
Skip it if…
you want rules and examples; this is aphoristic and demanding.
Three things you will actually use
- Short sentences force clarity.
- Know what each sentence is for.
- Noticing is the writer's first skill.
Do this first
Write one page in sentences no longer than ten words.
Our verdict
Strange and genuinely useful.
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