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Self-inducing far-mode: Approaches to preliminary outlining 7 Jun 2013 | 04:11 am
Since writing is an inherently near-mode activity compared to reading, the effective author will self-induce a far-mode mindset, and since you can outline in different modes, one approach is far-mode ...
Self-inducing far-mode: Approaches to preliminary outlining 7 Jun 2013 | 04:11 am
Since writing is an inherently near-mode activity compared to reading, the effective author will self-induce a far-mode mindset, and since you can outline in different modes, one approach is far-mode ...
Three senses of "conversational" writing 6 May 2013 | 10:49 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE [Builds on What is classic prose?: "Clear and Simple as the Truth” reinterpreted through construal-level theory] Writing advice confuses when it...
Three senses of "conversational" writing 6 May 2013 | 10:49 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE [Builds on What is classic prose?: "Clear and Simple as the Truth” reinterpreted through construal-level theory] Writing advice confuses when it...
What is classic prose?: "Clear and Simple as the Truth” reinterpreted through construal-level theory 20 Apr 2013 | 06:13 am
The book Writing is only good or bad relative to the author's tacit stance on deep questions like whether truth is knowable, according to Francis-Noel Thomas and Mark Turner in their contrarian book,...
What is classic prose?: "Clear and Simple as the Truth” reinterpreted through construal-level theory 20 Apr 2013 | 06:13 am
The book Writing is only good or bad relative to the tacit stance the author takes on deep questions like whether truth is knowable, according to Francis-Noel Thomas and Mark Turner in their contrari...
Verbosity affronts the court 2 Mar 2013 | 11:29 pm
An attorney’s pomposity affronts the court, transgressing a status formality. Since verbosity is a signal for pompous arrogance, it damages attorneys’ credibility—and their cases—more than the profess...
Verbosity affronts the court 2 Mar 2013 | 11:29 pm
An attorney’s pomposity affronts the court, transgressing a status formality. Since verbosity is a signal for pompous arrogance, it damages attorneys’ credibility—and their cases—more than the profess...
A comma puzzle: The false-interjection error 22 Dec 2012 | 11:41 pm
If you enjoy puzzles about the comma—and who doesn’t?—here’s an elegant but very difficult one, courtesy of Daily Writing Tips where Mark Nichol proved it’s difficult indeed by getting it wrong, as di...
A comma puzzle: The false-interjection error 22 Dec 2012 | 11:41 pm
If you enjoy puzzles about the comma—and who doesn’t?—here’s an elegant but very difficult one, courtesy of Daily Writing Tips where Mark Nichol proved it’s difficult indeed by getting it wrong, as di...
