Blogs about: William Strunk
Featured Blog
Elements of Style
I posted on facebook the other day, “Having breakfast with Strunk & White,” and some people thought my breakfast was a very fine wine while others insisted, “Your style is great.… more →
The Story Doctor
Omit Words
— 1 comment
wrote 1 week ago: Probably the most famous bit of stylistic advice is from The Elements of Style. Omit needless words. … more →
Why I'll Never Be A Famous Writer
— 32 comments
wrote 1 week ago: THE “KING” READING LEE CHILD’S “TRIPWIRE” Ever since I could understan … more →
7 Best Writing Guides Ever
wrote 2 weeks ago: Bird by Bird Anne Lamott Lamott reminds us to set realistic goals for our writing (like writing one … more →
Prozeugma
wrote 1 month ago: A common word shared by multiple parts of a sentence, with the common word occurring at the beginnin … more →
Apple's updated Siri now quotes Strunk, Jefferson, chiding users’ long-winded requests
— 31 comments
wrote 1 month ago: [cfsp key="google_adsense_300x250"]“In a quiet server-side update, Apple has given Siri the ab … more →
The Elements of Style (illustrated), by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White, illustrated by Maira Kalman
wrote 2 months ago: Writing a paragraph about William Strunk’s Elements of Style is a mission doomed to failure if … more →
Writing to learn, learning to write (2)
— 2 comments
wrote 3 months ago: “Political language … is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an … more →
Ottawa Citizens Weekly 9/5/99: E.B. White Goes to Camp
— 1 comment
wrote 3 months ago: This is the second of two articles about the Camp Otter/E.B. White connection, written by Ron Corbet … more →
A Tale Of The Lost Creddlebones
wrote 4 months ago: Stanford Pritchard Lost what? Creddlebones, of course. They’re those things in Stanford Pritch … more →
Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings... Octavio Paz
wrote 5 months ago: And to carry Paz’s thought forward, by going backward, we look to Richard Chenevix Trench whe … more →
6 Books Every Writer Should Have on Their Bookshelf
— 2 comments
wrote 6 months ago: Every writer knows that reading is essential to good writing. Here are six books that all writers sh … more →
BOOKS AND SUNSHINE
wrote 6 months ago: This is surreal. At National Book Store, my book Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before … more →
The Elements of Style - A Rap Version
wrote 6 months ago: Keep It Short and Simple (KISS) is an oft-heard refrain in technical writing. William Strunk, Jr. sa … more →
Miss Manners, Meet Mr. Punctuation
wrote 7 months ago: Did you know they still make “Miss Manners” books? The copy I’ve been looking thro … more →
Encore! 9 Great Links to Help With "Pesky" Grammatical Stuff.
wrote 7 months ago: I’ve a confession to make. I’ve never been great with grammar. Maybe that’s why I … more →
Two Stuffed Shirts Walk into a Bar: Strunk and White Want to Tell You What to Do (and Why to Ignore Them)
— 1 comment
wrote 8 months ago: Cover of The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition One of the funniest things about William Strunk, Jr., … more →
tell
wrote 8 months ago: Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecess … more →
Ch•Ch•Ch•Changes:Days Two Hundred Twenty Two - Two Hundred Twenty Eight
wrote 8 months ago: A common question is whether the meditation works, has it changed my life? I have to say it has. Whe … more →
Strunk - no Stunk & White - No Style (on my part)
— 4 comments
wrote 9 months ago: Judging a book by its cover – would you want to read this? I’ll admit it; I read books just to … more →
