“Tides of History provides a splendid prism through which we may view the wider world of Victorian science. . . . Historians of science will have cause to heap praise on this book, but so too will the non-specialists. The author's splendid writing style, at times appropriately Puckish, makes this work an accessible and enjoyable read.” WorldWritingMayBookCausesViewsStylePraiseHistorianTidesSplendidEnjoyableSpecialistsVictorianPrismsWriting Style Author:William M. Fowler
“My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book of essays appeared: it was compared to Muhammad Ali's style.” WayWritingFirstsBookStuffStyleDirectCriticsBoxingEssaysMuhammadWriting Style Author:Ishmael Reed
“As for developing a writing style'I would say that I tried to copy the pacing of the old movies I loved as a kid.” WritingKidsStyleDevelopingCopiesPacingWriting StyleOld Movie Author:Kola Boof
“The professions of novelist and journalist are very separate. As a novelist, you are ultimately working for yourself. Yes, you need the approval of a publisher and an audience, but what is valued in fiction writing - style, individual voice, insight - is scorned by the editor who is combing through your newspaper article.” NeedsWritingIndividualVoiceFictionAudienceStyleInsightProfessionNewspapersJournalistNovelistsEditorsArticlesApprovalPublishersFiction WritingWriting StyleScorned Author:Jon Weisman
“I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.” ThinkingWayWritingStyleWho I AmWriting Style Author:Erica Jong
“I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.” WritingSongWrittenStylePersonalityMouthsAcousticsWriting Style Author:Camila Cabello
“Margot [Hentoff] used to write regularly for The Voice, for The New York Review of Books, for Harper's Bazaar, and she really had the most distinctive writing style, even more than mine, than I've ever seen in this business.” WritingBookUsedVoiceStyleNew YorkMinesReviewsDistinctiveHarperWriting StyleBazaars Author:Nat Hentoff
“There is something false in this search for a purely feminine writing style. Language, such as it is, is inherited from a masculine society, and it contains many male prejudices. We must rid language of all that. Still, a language is not something created artificially; the proletariat can't use a different language from the bourgeoisie, even if they use it differently, even if from time to time they invent something, technical words or even a kind of worker's slang, which can be very beautiful and very rich. Women can do that as well, enrich their language, clean it up.” IfsWritingWellsKindStillsDifferentUseBeautifulLanguageCan DoRichStylePrejudiceCleanWorkersMalesFeminineMasculineVery BeautifulProletariatBourgeoisieSlangDifferent LanguagesWriting StyleRich Women Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“There has to be a certain relationship between the life and the writing style, and that is really a problem.” WritingProblemCertainStyleWriting Style Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“I just have to come clean and admit I am an extremely, painfully slow writer. I have this unfortunate - or fortunate, I'm not sure which is correct - habit of editing while I'm writing which everyone tells me that I shouldn't do that. But that's just the way I write and I think it's important to stay true to your own writing style and momentum.” ThinkingWritingImportantStyleHabitNot SureUnfortunateStay TrueWriting Style Author:Nami Mun
“I don't understand why America embraces Lady GaGa and Katy Perry and all of the "pop stuff" as much as they do. The Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are also included, and I don't really get any of that. Maybe that means that I am old. That stuff seems like it isn't that "authentic." Katy has a cool writing style though, and her lyrics can be poignant and mean stuff from time to time. I really appreciate that about her.” WritingMeanStyleBrotherAppreciateEmbracePoignantWriting Style Author:Matt Thiessen
“Writing style is something is a consequence of who you are. I think that I had a certain propensity for a style that I recognize in my early work, but that doesn't mean I didn't have to learn certain basics and the longer you write the better you get. The rhythms come from you. If the rhythm seem to echo the music, then that's delightful if people see that, but it's certainly not something that's intentional on my part. I'm trying to be as clear and precise as I can be and at the same time, I'm trying to be eloquent and witty and entertaining. I mean, writing should be a pleasure.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingMeanPleasureStyleConsequenceWho You AreWittyRhythmEloquentWriting Style Author:Gary Giddins
“I think I have always sort of cultivated a flowery writing style. I've always sort of over - written in every genre that I've attempted. I went to college and took a couple of writing classes and I remember my teachers were always incredibly encouraging. But it was inevitable to get the criticism: "Take it down a notch!" But the nice thing about screenwriting is that you don't really have to.” ThinkingWritingRememberTeacherNiceStyleCollegeCoupleCriticismInevitableScreenwritingWriting Style Author:Diablo Cody
“It's rare that you get to read, let alone teach, an arbitrary canon of your choosing in a tight time setting, and I tore through a fairly wide range of Indian writers, some contemporary - like Arundhati Roy and Salman Rushdie - and others older, like R.K. Narayan. And I think what happened at that stage was that I was forced to take a position in my own writing style that was more fixed, as opposed to reading a book at a time and defining myself in opposition to or in awe of it.” ThinkingWritingBookReadingTeachStyleAweWriting StyleRushdie Author:Karan Mahajan
“Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference. In a way, if someone says this didn't feel exactly right, I don't care. But that is not okay to do in academia - it's not about feeling. You want to establish a pretty solid case. So did this allow me to express things differently? Absolutely. Another thing I've been thinking about as an academic: our writing style is expository, and in fiction, withholding information matters quite a bit. Withholding things in academia - there's no place for that!” ThinkingWorldWritingFeelingsCareStyleOkayAcademicWriting StyleNot Okay Author:Elliott Colla
“Perhaps if there is anything remotely interesting about my writing style, it is this: more often than not I have no idea what the story is going to be about. Sometimes I have a fuzzy vision, or a glimpse of one scene, or a character. But mostly all I have is a random first sentence, and I follow it to see where it might go. For me, writing is the process of discovery, of gradually figuring out what happens in the story and how it ends, that makes writing an interesting process for me.” WritingSometimesCharacterInterestingVisionStyleSceneWriting Style Author:Vandana Singh
“I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters.” WritingBigsInfluenceStyleMajorsDisasterPlasticPhasesSurgeryPlastic SurgeryWriting Style Author:Jello Biafra
“Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a "graphic" writing style combined with educational aims.” IfsWritingLongInterestingStyleAimEducationalTalesToo ShortGraphicWriting Style Book:True Grit Source: True Grit
“Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an unusually accessible writing style, Nightclub City is a gritty social history of America's most glitzy fantasies.” WritingCharacterStoriesAmericaSocialCitiesBehindsFantasyStyleSceneResearchOriginalsTerrificGlamorousManhattanColorfulBehind The ScenesNightclubsWriting StyleNightlifeSocial History Author:Debby Applegate
“My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail” WritingLiteratureStyleDetailsSensualSensoryWriting Style Author:Laurell K. Hamilton
“I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive.” WritingStyleCollegeDirectWarmWriting Style Author:Claire Danes
“After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book.” WritingFirstsBookInterestingStyleProgramHistoricalJournalistHopkinsJournalisticWriting Style Author:Iris Chang
“A simple [writing] style is the result of very hard work.” WritingHardSimpleResultsStyleDesignHard WorkSoftwareSoftware DesignWriting Style Author:William Zinsser
“My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible.” WantWritingPoliticalChoicesFeminismStyleBloggingWriting Style Author:Jessica Valenti
“All nonfiction writers, whether they like it or not, are translators. The translator is the perfect journalist. The best journalism endeavors to convey an essential idea or story to an audience that knows very little about it, and that requires translation. To do this successfully, the writer must filter the idea through the prism of his eye, and his mind, and his writing style.” KnowsWritingMindLittlesIdeasStoriesEyePerfectAudienceStyleEssentialsJournalismJournalistHis EyesEndeavorNonfictionTranslationsFiltersTranslatorsPrismsWriting Style Author:Ilan Stavans
“George Smith shows how many of the prophet’s followers embraced plural marriage during a period when the LDS Church was emphatically denying the practice … [and he tells this in] a lucid writing style.” WritingShowsChurchPracticeStylePeriodsProphetFollowersLdsWriting Style Author:Daniel Walker Howe
“Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.” WritingDifferentActorsStyleWriting Style Author:Ed McBain