For the Love of Short Sentences
As writers, tuning into your own voice and style of putting words to paper is crucial. Your own way of communicating feelings, emotions, random thoughts. I’ve never been a fan of imitating others; your favorite authors.
While genres may change as you go through different phases, your voice and style usually stay true.
The Traveler’s Notebook has started publishing field notes from popular writers, and I can’t wait to read more. To get into their creative process. A constant sense of playing catch up, it seems these days. Discovering exquisite writers. New authors.
After all, my background wasn’t literary. Over 14 years was spent programming, analyzing, refactoring, creating logical solutions. Coding programs efficiently in a few lines. Communicating efficiently in a few lines.
My style isn’t verbose. It never will be overtly verbose.
Each day, I see those words, those phrases getting a lot tighter. With time.
Photo shot in Sundsvall, Sweden.
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You are so very right. In my organization we are urged to write in plain and simple language so that all may understand its meaning. Fewer words to say the same thing. How efficient! Love the directional signs …
Lyn said this on October 3, 2009 at 5:57 pm |
Concise is always right. I struggle to get my students to get rid of paragraph long sentences all the time.
Fly Girl said this on October 5, 2009 at 2:20 pm |
you are a great writer already!
Nomadic Matt said this on October 6, 2009 at 2:02 pm |
Lyn & Fly Girl – Thanks for sharing your insights.
Nomadic Matt – I’d call that a premature accolade
geotraveler said this on October 10, 2009 at 9:27 pm |