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Victorian Now Literacy

Why has 50 Shades of Gray sold like crazy despite everyone of any relevance condemning it as a badly-written, badly-conceived infantile book unworthy of attention? No one reads for style. Maybe a handful of us, sure, but mostly people read … Continue reading

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Where Style Stands

Hemingway had his famous terse style.  Concise, really.  Implicit. It was artificial, which is why, as his alcoholism progressed, he slipped more and more often. In other words, he’d write stuff, conventional stories, THEN apply his “style”, a conscious approach, first removing … Continue reading

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