tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post3474241308402015955..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: On Writing and EditingRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-19432052482016388942010-10-01T11:23:53.776-04:002010-10-01T11:23:53.776-04:00Heather: I'll have to check out the Garvey boo...Heather: I'll have to check out the Garvey book. I haven't seen that one. <br /><br />I found some great YouTube videos on the writing process: King, Vonnegut, Nell Painter . . . The short clips worked nicely in class.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-23388140489024729572010-09-30T21:53:09.908-04:002010-09-30T21:53:09.908-04:00This is a really useful post, Randall. It's as...This is a really useful post, Randall. It's astonishing how much of this stuff I forget, even though I teach writing. It seems like writing should get easier with time, but, you know, it never really does. <br /><br />I also heart Strunk and White, not only for the rules, but for the extraordinary humor, including the encouragement to break the rules once you've learned them. I also heart Steven King's On Writing, which was the book that first gave me permission to love what I do.<br /><br />Other Strunk and White fans might enjoy Mark Garvey's Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. I've actually taught it in my writing class to show students that, if conceived well, even sort of weird topics can become good books.hcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334093881332383848noreply@blogger.com