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sboydtaylor

On Writing: Deliberate Practice Drill - Quick and Dirty Style Analysis

Jan 16, 2011 22:42

In everything from sword fighting to martial arts to painting to -- yes -- WRITING, one of the key ways the good get better and the better become experts is to analyze the styles of those they respect ( Read more... )

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anghara January 17 2011, 05:25:46 UTC

I've never done anything like it (other than for grading purposes for boring books studied for English Lit in school, and then I was FORCED to ( ... )

sboydtaylor January 17 2011, 18:10:14 UTC

Thank you for the response! :) I finished this post late last night, and the end was a bit rushed, and it ended up sounding too prescriptive and much more all-inclusive than I had intended.

In a way, though, I think you are in violent agreement with at least one of my key points.

I did warn -- twice -- that beginners should not do this drill, because it is more important to learn to love writing than to drill any specific skills. I have included a third warning to make this clearer.

Thanks again for your feedback, it was both helpful and gave me insight into flaws I could address. I think with the corrections and additions I've made to the end, the piece is stronger.