Just in Case
One caveat: I suck at writing. Oh believe me I do.
Let me give u an example, from Thomas Kane’s Oxford Guide to Writing:
After receiving a nod in the affirmative, he proceeded to write his answer on the blackboard (long-winded)
Told yes, he proceeded to write his answer on the blackboard (better)
I prefer the former.
Perhaps one day I would tergiversate. Perhaps one day I would attain the elusive “higher level” of writing. Perhaps one day I would become a proponent of thrift and champion short, terse prose.
But till that day arrives, I shall write in the style I like. A small minority has called me il miglior fabro –the better craftsman- and I shall go by that. I shall continue to indulge in philistine circumlocution, pile up my subourdinate clauses, pack my lines airtight with superfluous adjectives, and run commentary on every perceivable track in sight.
This is my world, one of those worlds which encompass whirling tempests of methodology and technique in which ordinary charts and compasses are of little use – neither myself nor my writing will be judged by you.
Let me give u an example, from Thomas Kane’s Oxford Guide to Writing:
After receiving a nod in the affirmative, he proceeded to write his answer on the blackboard (long-winded)
Told yes, he proceeded to write his answer on the blackboard (better)
I prefer the former.
Perhaps one day I would tergiversate. Perhaps one day I would attain the elusive “higher level” of writing. Perhaps one day I would become a proponent of thrift and champion short, terse prose.
But till that day arrives, I shall write in the style I like. A small minority has called me il miglior fabro –the better craftsman- and I shall go by that. I shall continue to indulge in philistine circumlocution, pile up my subourdinate clauses, pack my lines airtight with superfluous adjectives, and run commentary on every perceivable track in sight.
This is my world, one of those worlds which encompass whirling tempests of methodology and technique in which ordinary charts and compasses are of little use – neither myself nor my writing will be judged by you.
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