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The Elements of Style travels the decades without showing a single wrinkle. What impressed me most is the attention to the reader, here and there hinting at the "contract" between writers and their readers: "you must sympathize with the reader's plight".
A final admonition to all writers aims at being truthful: "never seek to know the reader's wants [...] glance at the Trend Machine and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living."
No one can write decently who is distrustful and ...more
A final admonition to all writers aims at being truthful: "never seek to know the reader's wants [...] glance at the Trend Machine and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living."
No one can write decently who is distrustful and ...more
Jun 05, 2013
Korin
marked it as to-read
