Similarly, a foreigner may be less skillful than a native speaker at manipulating tenses or using subjunctives, but nonetheless be an incomparably better writer. "Great painters are often less skillful than mediocre painters it is their concept of painting-not their skills-that defines their activity.
I've read it cover to cover twice, and find myself enjoying a few quotes on occasion.Ī quick takeaway among many - it is the sophistication and clarity of thought that matters, not one's facility with the language. It is easy to say "edit, edit, rewrite", but the tone was not easily pinned down.Ĭlear and Simple as the Truth is the best writing book that I've read - it answered these questions for me thoroughly, and the writing is delightful. One ideal I enjoyed was the 90s hacker writing aesthetic. Should it be casual, cool, and excited! with lots of exclamations? or detached, clinical, and precise? or, flowery, fluffy, and inserting difficult words, especially "dichotomy" everywhere I could? I read it when I was trying to find a writing tone that I was comfortable with.
#I have never read a book series
The Incerto series by Nassim Taleb is one of them.Ĭlear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose by Noel and Turner. Probably can't read twice any of the Agatha Christie books because of that.Īnd there are books that I have the intention to read at least once more, maybe taking notes while doing that, but never gave it the time. There are books that are good, but small hints make me remember all/most of the plot. I got it in an uneven way, first the 3rd Book (Endymion), many years later Hyperion (I still think that by itself is one of the best books that I've ever read, and read it many times), and after more years, finally found locally the other 2 books, and read the whole series 2 or 3 times.ĭune (the first 5 books), Ringworld, The end of Eternity, The name of the wind, Small Gods, Ender's Game, Foundation trilogy, Flowers for Algernon are others that I remember now to have read at least twice, probably more.
LOTR - By the time I finished it I already forgot details of the beginning, probably have read it 4 or 5 times over 3 decades.
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