tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post8893554003648088839..comments2024-03-28T06:59:34.982-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Cues from the Coach: Turning Writing-Rule Lemons into Literary LemonadeDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-88176933129759221382011-09-02T02:26:50.639-06:002011-09-02T02:26:50.639-06:00interesting thoughtsinteresting thoughtsessayshttp://www.customessays.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-9026558548456191042011-08-13T10:54:50.159-06:002011-08-13T10:54:50.159-06:00I often see writers creating new words, like crapt...I often see writers creating new words, like craptastic and redonkulous. I think they are funny if used sparingly.Scooter Carlylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06193754150220063430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-17517938465797323442011-08-12T12:27:25.690-06:002011-08-12T12:27:25.690-06:00Your examples really helped. Very good tutorial.
...Your examples really helped. Very good tutorial. <br /><br />You're right, rules are changing on the comma, but then rules seem to be forever in flux.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-3030728743282992582011-08-12T12:05:54.513-06:002011-08-12T12:05:54.513-06:00Fiction = Chicago Manual of Style rules and the se...Fiction = Chicago Manual of Style rules and the serial comma is a difference from AP Style which many journalists follow. When journalists become novelists they should add that extra comma! I'll have a hard lemonade, thank you!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-76966209831331188072011-08-12T10:09:33.339-06:002011-08-12T10:09:33.339-06:00Linda: Good rework of old rules that new writers t...Linda: Good rework of old rules that new writers too often forget. I am particularly happy to see you defend the serial comma, and I love the term Oxford comma, which is more colorful although less descriptive. At least once a day I find myself having to reread a sentence that I parsed incorrectly the first time through, and all because the publisher's style manual did not mandate the serial comma.<br /><br />Redundancy and superfluous words can also be lemonade for the reader, giving them a second chance of building a mental image or sensing the mood or understanding the writer's intent. "The setting sun painted the evening sky" is, arguably, more poetic; the parallelism results in better scansion. Most readers are probably not conscious of the contribution that meter and rhythm can make to readability, but it is, nonetheless, real. Some writers are willing to sacrifice rules in favor of a read-aloud rhythmicity that can make a passage more memorable and quotable.<br /><br />--Larry Constantine<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lior-Samson/e/B004KDPO9A/" rel="nofollow">Lior Samson Author Page</a>Larry Constantine (Lior Samson)http://www.liorsamson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-21959158534364144942011-08-12T08:43:53.348-06:002011-08-12T08:43:53.348-06:00The lemonade does help the lessons go down. (smile...The lemonade does help the lessons go down. (smile)<br /><br />Good points and very well presented. It is always so good to have concrete examples.<br /><br />There is still some inconsistencies on the use of the serial comma among small publishers as all don't adhere to the CMS. So when I am editing for a client, I tell them that when they do a final proofing, they will have to do whatever the publisher requires regarding that.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-66609053873165077302011-08-12T07:46:24.273-06:002011-08-12T07:46:24.273-06:00Linda: I'll be tweeting this link! I have seve...Linda: I'll be tweeting this link! I have several writing friends who ask me about the serial comma all the time, so who knows what other grammar questions lurk? You explain the rationale well.<br /><br />And I agree that constrictions help inspire creativity, but I'd never thought of grammar rules as one of them. Interesting.Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.com