Exercise In Rewriting
The extract below is extremely difficult to follow, partly because of its high-flown style, and partly because of its unhelpful…
Year: 2009
Lessons From The Masters
If you want to learn the secret of successful writing, who better to look to than famous authors? The trouble…
The Mixed Metaphor and its Relatives
A succession of metaphors or similes drawn from different fields of comparison sometimes produces a laughably clashing effect – even…
The Structure of a Joke By Good Comedian
The good comedian builds a joke up carefully: all the necessary details appear one by one (and sometimes some unnecessary…
The Structure of Nursery Rhymes In An Unfamiliar Guise
Here are some familiar nursery rhymes in an unfamiliar guise – as if composed by a poet who lacked the…
Planning by Schematic Outlines Structure
A writer’s plan or outline is in some ways like a traveller’s itinerary. Follow the instructions, and you will produce…
Planning the Structure BY Writer’s
For some lucky creative writers, planning apparently takes place subconsciously. The poem or play or story seems to present itself…
Structural Signposting Typical Forms
Here is some folk wisdom for writers and speakers: First I tells ‘em what I,m going to tell ‘ em,…