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First you write a sentence : the elements of reading, writing ... and life / Joe Moran.

Advanced maths has no practical use, and is understood by few. A symphony can be widely appreciated, but created only by a genius. Good writing, however, can be written (and read) by anyone if we give it the gift of our time. And a sentence might be as near as many of us will get to orchestrating beauty.Enter universally praised historian Professor Joe Moran. Using minimal technical terms, First You Write a Sentence. is his unpedantic explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace. With examples from the Bible and Shakespeare to Orwell and Diana Athill, and with support from scientific studies of what most fires people's minds, he shows how we can all write in a way that is vivid, clear and engaging.With chapters from tools of the trade (from typewriters to texting and the impact this has on the craft); and writing and the senses (how to make the world visible and touchable); to how to find the ideal word, build a sentence, and construct a paragraph, First You Write a Sentence. informs by light example. It's an elegant gem in praise of the English sentence.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
C9007809146 808.02 MOR
Adult nonfiction   Smithfield Branch . . On Loan . 26 Apr 2024
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ISBN 9780241978498 (hardback)
Dewey 808.02
Author Moran, Joe, 1970- author.
Title First you write a sentence : the elements of reading, writing ... and life / Joe Moran.
Published London : Viking, 2018.
Physical description 229 pages ; 21 cm.
General note Includes index.
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note A pedant's apology : or why I wrote this book -- The ape that writes sentences : or why word order is (almost) everything -- Nouns versus verbs : or how to bring a sentence to life, but not too much -- Nothing like a windowpane : or how to say wondrous things with plain words -- The high-wire act : or how to write long and legato without running out of breath -- Foolish like a trout : or how to join sentences together with invisible thread -- A small, good thing : or why a sentence should be a gift to the world -- Twenty sentences on sentences -- Select bibliography.
Summary Advanced maths has no practical use, and is understood by few. A symphony can be widely appreciated, but created only by a genius. Good writing, however, can be written (and read) by anyone if we give it the gift of our time. And a sentence might be as near as many of us will get to orchestrating beauty.Enter universally praised historian Professor Joe Moran. Using minimal technical terms, First You Write a Sentence. is his unpedantic explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace. With examples from the Bible and Shakespeare to Orwell and Diana Athill, and with support from scientific studies of what most fires people's minds, he shows how we can all write in a way that is vivid, clear and engaging.With chapters from tools of the trade (from typewriters to texting and the impact this has on the craft); and writing and the senses (how to make the world visible and touchable); to how to find the ideal word, build a sentence, and construct a paragraph, First You Write a Sentence. informs by light example. It's an elegant gem in praise of the English sentence.
Subject English language -- Writing
English language -- Sentences
English language -- Rhetoric
Creative writing
Authorship
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