More from Downstream From Trout Fishing in America by Keith Abbott
I have problems reading fiction that I just don’t have with non-fiction or poetry.
I get bored. The narrative structure becomes confining. I rebel against the linearity.
Not to say other works aren’t linear. But something about the expected compliance with fiction’s linearity makes me itchy.
Poems are usually short enough and have other charms that I’m willing [...]
My previous post generated a question about the difference between technical writing in a Sensing style compared to using an iNtuiting style.
Writing done in a Sensing style uses more concrete examples, details, step-by-step sequences. Sensing is a more immediate time-frame, more “here and now,” or looks backward. Grammatically, more present and past tense.
Writing done in [...]
Continue reading about Writing styles: Sensing or iNtuiting?
My friend is very tall.
I wanted people to understand what it’s like to be beside him.
Somehow, I’m not sure this says it adequately.
No–he’s not a tree.
