Jaime’s Reviews > On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction > Status Update

"Don't be kind of bold. Be bold"

Picking this back up.

"As a reviewer your job is more to report than to make an aesthetic judgement... Love the medium they are reviewing...don't give away too much of the plot...use specific detail."

"True wit, however, is rare, & a thousand bared arrows fall at the feet of the archer for every one that flies... But to say why you think a play is good, in words that don't sound banal, is one of the hardest cheese in the business."

"Good writing has an aliveness that keeps the reader reading from one paragraph to the next, and it's not a question of gimmicks to "personalize" the author. It's a question of using the English language in a way that will achieve the greatest clarity and strength."-- I think I praised m's technique in my review, because these reasons.

GRE prep work. Rec by m. Pierce Found a sweet sticker inside. Used books!