Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and The Old Man and the Sea. The best writers stamp prose with their own distinctive personality; their timbre… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Language can still be an adventure if we remember that words can make a kind of melody. In novels, news stories, memoirs and even to-the-point memos, music is as important as meaning. In fact, music can drive home the meaning… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting. What makes… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Writers today must navigate the shifting verbal currents of the post-Gutenberg era. When does jargon end and a new vernacular begin? Where's the line… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
I’m a sucker for this stuff. The @ is called chiocciola (snail) in Italian! The & was once taught as a letter of the… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Over the course of several articles, I will give you the tools to become a sentence connoisseur as well as a sentence artisan. Each… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear. — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and The Old… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar. — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is and should be a… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention. — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
There is no one way to render an idea. Let’s explore how masters of the sentence play with length and style to make their… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Language can still be an adventure if we remember that words can make a kind of melody. In novels, news stories, memoirs and even… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
In writing, the connection between storyteller and audience is just as important. By using some subtle devices, a narrator can reach out to the… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
