Writing advice

[onyxhawke]

“Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place.”
William Strunk

Comments

[onyxhawke.livejournal.com]

I'm harder to alienate than that.

The point of this is pretty much a different slant on Twain's "lightning vs lightning bug". Personally i find Twain to have the most sensible advice on writing (and many other things) of anyone.

[jamesenge.livejournal.com]

We're definitely on the same page about Twain. I'm a huge fan (especially the "Fenimore Cooper" essays).