Several Short Sentences About Writing
Verlyn Klinkenborg is a member of The New York Times editorial board, to which he also contributes meditations on his farm in upstate New York, which are collected in The Rural Life. Making Hay, The Last Fine Time, and Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile are among his other works. Princeton University awarded Klinkenborg a Ph.D. in English literature.
An indispensable and distinctive book from widely admired writer and teacher Verlyn Klinkenborg that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means to be writing.
Klinkenborg believes that most of our conventional wisdom about how writing works is not only incorrect, but also a hindrance to our ability to write. In Several Short Sentences About Writing, he aims to help us unlearn that "wisdom"—about genius, creativity, writer's block, topic sentences, and outline—and understand that writing is as much about thinking, noticing, and learning what it means to be involved in the act of writing as it is about writing itself. This book contains no gospel, orthodoxy, or dogma. Instead, it is a collection of starting points on a journey toward vibrant, clear, and satisfying self-expression.
Author: Verlyn Klinkenborg
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