I think it’s time for me to pull out my worn copy of Strunk & White.
As Ben Yagoda writes,
We are not all destined to be Hemingways, nor would most of us want to be.
However, every writer who has mastered “style” in the Strunk-and-White sense has, or at the very least is capable of having, a style in the broader sense.
Isn’t that what each of us in the blogosphere is hoping to accomplish?
Well, to be perfectly honest, if I had to choose between them, I’d rather have uniquely exciting content than a uniquely exciting style. But each to his tastes.
Comment by Francis W. Porretto — August 11, 2004 @ 7:40 pm
You can say that…you have both!
Comment by Bunker — August 12, 2004 @ 5:46 am
an excellent book — short, concise and thoughtful. it is time to reread Strunk & White again for me as well.
Comment by rammer — August 14, 2004 @ 9:20 am