Most nonfiction books meander around and belabor their central points. Most nonfiction writers aren’t particularly skilled at coherent and compelling structure or rhythm in prose and there’s only so much an editor can do. Quite different from fiction writing, good nonfiction requires a certain continuity of thought and mastery of distillation.
Instead of plowing through hundreds [...]
Most Nonfiction Should Just Be Essays
Monday, October 20, 2008
How to Write Email
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Send email in plain text - not “formatted” or HTML. Your font is hideous and your gratuitous spacing is offensive. Don’t even get me started on background images. Convey your message with punctuation, letters, words and sentences. If something is *really important* you can use asterisks, like that.
Keep it short and to the point - [...]