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Several Short Sentences about Writing
Several Short Sentences about Writing | Verlyn Klinkenborg
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An indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means for them to be writing, from widely admired writer and teacher Verlyn Klinkenborg. Klinkenborg believes that most of our received wisdom about how writing works is not only wrong but an obstacle to our ability to write. In Several Short Sentences About Writing, he sets out to help us unlearn that wisdomabout genius, about creativity, about writer's block, topic sentences, and outlineand understand that writing is just as much about thinking, noticing, and learning what it means to be involved in the act of writing. There is no gospel, no orthodoxy, no dogma in this book. Instead it is a gathering of starting points in a journey toward lively, lucid, satisfying self-expression.
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merelybookish
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My #bookspin #doublesspin #triplespin titles. Quite an eclectic mix. I'm most excited about Lolly Willows, but wow is that an ugly cover! (To be fair, the other two covers aren't great either.) This is an early NYRB edition. I think their cover art has improved!
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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RiaWritten
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I was unsure about this book until this moment. Now I think I really like it.

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If you aspire to be a better writer, a better reader, or just want to recognize bad prose when you see it, this book will help you out.

twohectobooks This sounds really cool. 6y
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AMVP
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Was gonna participate in this weekend's #24in48 challenge, but they needed someone to cover the Sunday evening shift at work. I'll get at it eventually.

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AMVP
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Want to get more into writing in the new year. Heard about this book on the fantastic Wonderful podcast by Rachel and Griffin Mcelroy.

beeweird 👍 Nice. Best of luck in your writing this year. 6y
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alldinareads
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Spend your Saturday creating... with references

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AlexGeorge
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"Inspiration has nothing to do with the sustained effort of making prose."
Preach, brother!

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AlexGeorge
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AlexGeorge I'm struggling not to post every other sentence in this book, tbh. 7y
CherylDeFranceschi ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
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The beauty of indie bookstores... I'd not heard of this little gem until I wandered into Tattered Cover yesterday morning. Can't wait to get stuck in.

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