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  • Notes on Writing from Writers of Note
    Why do people almost always equate the term "writer" with creative writing (fiction) and almost never with expository writing (non-fiction)? In trying to find the answer to this question, expository writer Philip Yaffe discovered that the two genres, in many ways distinct and divergent, nevertheless have many features in common. The two types of writers can profit from these similarities in order to better exploit the differences.
  • Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Mark Twain
    Mark Twain famously observed, "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." Quotations like this are called "pithy prose". They can cover an unlimited variety of subjects: love, religion, politics, human nature, etc. What unites them is their ability to say more in one or two sentences than could be expressed in a thousand-word treatise. They are like pouring a liter of liquid into a half-liter bottle.
  • Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
    Oscar Wilde was an illustrious Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet. He was renowned for his "pithy prose". These are quotations that say more in one or two sentences than could be expressed in a thousand-word treatise. They are like pouring a liter of liquid into a half-liter bottle.
  • Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of People Named 'W'
    "Pithy prose" are quotations that say more in one or two sentences than could be expressed in a thousand-word treatise. They are like pouring a liter of liquid into a half-liter bottle. A few people (e.g. Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde) produced pithy prose, in their hundreds. Others only a handful, but these too are well worth preserving. This article is dedicated to the wit and wisdom of people with surnames beginning with "W".
  • Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Anatole France
    Anatole France was a prolific French novelists and essayist who in 1921 won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was renowned his deep thinking and "pithy prose". These are quotations that say more in one or two sentences than could be expressed in a thousand-word treatise. They are like pouring a liter of liquid into a half-liter bottle.
  • Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Ambrose Bierce
    Ambrose Bierce was an American journalist and author. He is best remembered for "The Devil’s Dictionary" (1906), which is the epitome of "pithy prose". These are quotations that say more in one or two sentences than could be expressed in a thousand-word treatise. They are like pouring a liter of liquid into a half-liter bottle
  • Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Friedrich Nietzsche
    Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher who questioned ideas and dogmas that were not "life-affirming". His keen observations were often formulated in "pithy prose". These are quotations that say more in one or two sentences than could be expressed in a thousand-word treatise. They are like pouring a liter of liquid into a half-liter bottle.
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