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      <![CDATA[sorry, it told me it didn't post the first time.
        
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      <![CDATA[I stumbled upon the Reader's Manifesto (the extended version, published as a book) in high school and completely loved it. "THIS! This is exactly why I don't like reading adult fiction!" It really helped me figure out what kind of fiction I <i>do</i> enjoy, now that I didn't have to feel like I should enjoy everything that was <i>supposed</i> to be so brilliant. (On a similar note, there's a fun article in the new New Yorker about inaugural addresses that scams the shit out of the notion that big flowery language = smart = good.)
        
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      <![CDATA[I stumbled upon the Reader's Manifesto (the extended version, published as a book) in high school and completely loved it. "THIS! This is exactly why I don't like reading adult fiction!" It really helped me figure out what kind of fiction I <i>do</i> enjoy, now that I didn't have to feel like I should enjoy everything that was <i>supposed</i> to be so brilliant. (On a similar note, there's a fun article in the new New Yorker about inaugural addresses that scams the shit out of the notion that big flowery language = smart = good.)
        
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      <![CDATA[Bullshit.  If virtually every sentence has the force and feel of a climax, then every word must be a stroke.  And since when is constant stroking enjoyable to anybody but the stroker?  <br />
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Good writing dances.  Good writing stems from confidence in the chosen voice.  Bad writing comes from a very myopic love of words and phrases, without understanding stories and people.     <br />
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The thing to know is that the act of writing and editing should not be enjoyable.  Creating is the fun part.
        
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      <![CDATA[I read this piece the other day, and remarked at the time what a terrible article it was. He does some good analysis of some specific word choices, but the paragraph you quote is precisely the kind of flaccid, pointless, objectless fluff I can't stand. "Attains its ultimacy, indeed.
        
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      <![CDATA[You fucked/subverted that all up with the bolding crap.
        
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      <![CDATA[And it reminds me of a saying my mom is fond of: If you can't explain it to a fourth grader, maybe you don't know what you're talking about.
        
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      <![CDATA[The words "load-bearing" and "tractional" (?) really don't belong next to each other describing the same thing. The latter, if it's a real word, would be for objects that move, and the former is for objects that stay the hell put. I know they're supposed to be there to lend some sense of manliness to his statement about those "workhorse" sentences that do the dirty job of communicating information, but really, guy: study the way things work, all right?
        
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      <![CDATA[So sorry; journalism major here (and not English). I happen to labor under the preconception that short, concise sentences are much more effective at communicating with my fellow Earthlings. You can put your two-page sentences that couldn't be diagrammed by a Ph.D. in English where the sun don't shine. As far as I'm concerned, language has one purpose (and only one purpose): communication.and you know, when I have to re-read the same sentence three times, or have to stop to look up four words in a dictionary because I don't know what they mean, well, that's not doing a very effective job of communicating.
        
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      <![CDATA[I think this may be why I often don't read books that get favorable literary reviews. Maybe some people really enjoy a good monster of a sentence, but when I have to stop at the end of a sentence and go back because I've forgotten the subject in an avalanche of clauses, I tend to put the book down. It gets worse when people try to write about the phenomenon. The first and third sentences in that quoted bit contained a total of 166 words. I think at that point, you've stopped communicating and started masturbating with your pen.
        
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