Tag: sentence fluency

6 days until SIWC… 6 sentence styles to test out in your writing

Oct 20, 2013

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Ace Baker

in choose your weapon, fancy footwork, fiction, writing technique

6 days until SIWC, so here are six styles of sentences (found in recent readings!) for you to take a peek at. Thanks Shan, Katie, Aaron, and Lena for chasing these down in your reading: 1. The Interrupted Sentence Maybe he should have stopped—showed them that he wasn’t afraid—but the muscles in his legs…
TC Boyle Week #7–Sanders and Boyle BEND the Rule of 3!

Jun 15, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, nonfiction, novels, short stories, touch gloves, writing technique

Touch gloves–Sanders meets Boyle today. Yesterday, we saw Rule of 3, a common technique employed by MANY writers, especially those who write in English. There’s something about the rhythms it creates that are pleasing to the ear. Today, we’re going to see how both Sanders and Boyle BEND that rule. First, I’ll show…
TC Boyle Week # 6–Scott Russell Sanders stops by to teach RULE OF 3

Jun 15, 2013

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Ace Baker

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In North America, in English, people love the sound of items in groups of three: Goldilocks and the 3 bears, 3 Little Pigs, 3 Billy Goats Gruff…but we even like the sound of simples lists of three. Many writers know this, and Scott Russell Sanders is one of them. Here are a few examples of…