“It is precisely in that relationship to the Reader that you will find most of the classic faults of style: pretension, condescension, servility, obscurantism, grandiosity, vulgarity, and the like--even academicism. That's why most faults of style can be described in… — Stephen Koch Copy Share Image
“It is precisely in that relationship to the Reader that you will find most of the classic faults of style: pretension, condescension, servility, obscurantism,… — Stephen Koch Copy Share Image
“...what really makes for readability is not clarity but attitude: the attitude of your prose toward out elusive friend the Reader and the role… — Stephen Koch Copy Share Image
“The most familiar of all advice on writing is the old classroom cliché “Write what you know.” It is very much a cliché, and… — Stephen Koch Copy Share Image
