“Writers today must navigate the shifting verbal currents of the post-Gutenberg era. When does jargon end and a new vernacular begin? Where's the line between neologism and hype? What's the language of the global village? How can we keep pace with technology without getting bogged down in buzzwords? Is it possible to write about machines without losing a sense of humanity and poetry?” WritingDoeEndsTodayHumanityLanguageLinesTechnologyLosingMachinesCurrentsErasPostsVillagePaceShiftingHypeNavigateJargonVernacularGlobal VillageGutenberg Author:Constance Hale
“Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and The Old Man and the Sea. The best writers stamp prose with their own distinctive personality; their timbre and tone are as recognizable as their voices on the phone. To cultivate voice, you must listen for the music of language-the vernacular, the syntactic tics, the cadences.” MenWritingLanguageVoiceSeaPersonalityPhonesMemoirShipsToneProseOld ManStampsBrillianceDistinctiveSpiritedCadenceVernacularTicsMemosTimbreBrochures Book:Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose Source: Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
“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
