Podcast Mentions
The Sense of Style The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Steven Pinker
From the author of Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care?
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The speaker referenced this book when discussing the components of good writing, which include clarity, conciseness, and grace.
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In your book, The Sense of Style, you argue that good writing and communication is about clarity, conciseness, and grace.
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The speaker referenced this book when discussing the components of good writing, which include clarity, conciseness, and grace.
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In your book, The Sense of Style, you argue that good writing and communication is about clarity, conciseness, and grace.
And one other thing is the vividness of the mental picture that the reader is supposed to get. And one of the things that makes bad writing bad is the reader doesn't have any image, nothing to grasp. Instead of someone describing a study with kids and they talk about the experimental stimuli instead of the big bird and Oscar the Grouch puppets.
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