“Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arrow in the rhetorical quiver. After all, it exists for a reason.” WritingImportantReasonUseSufferingVoiceWorstRemainsPassiveArrowsVerbsRhetoricalQuiverPassive Voice Author:Constance Hale
“Language can still be an adventure if we remember that words can make a kind of melody. In novels, news stories, memoirs and even to-the-point memos, music is as important as meaning. In fact, music can drive home the meaning of words.” IfsKindStillsImportantFactsStoriesHomeRememberLanguageNovelAdventureNewsMusic IsMemoirMelodyMemosNews StoriesMeanings Of Words Author:Constance Hale
“In writing, the connection between storyteller and audience is just as important. By using some subtle devices, a narrator can reach out to the reader and say, 'We’re in this together.'” WritingImportantTogetherAudienceReaderConnectionsSubtleDevicesReach OutStorytellerNarrators Author:Constance Hale
