Tag Archives: brevity in writing

Flash Fast

Posted on August 24, 2018 by karinwritesdangerously

//small.POWERFUL//     Masters Review Flash fiction continues to be a “hot” genre and some of you may have wholeheartedly embraced it. If so, check out this contest! The deadline: September 30, 2018. Have some short gems of literary wit and magic … Continue reading →

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Moving Words

Posted on February 15, 2016 by karinwritesdangerously

Since today is President’s Day, my mind traveled back in time to one of the greatest speeches ever written, “The Gettysburg Address.” Edward Everett, who preceded Abraham Lincoln on the day the speech was given, spoke for more than two … Continue reading →

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Telling Words

Posted on March 31, 2014 by karinwritesdangerously

“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer … Continue reading →

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