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There's something slippery about the way Mrs. Bezos writes as well. She says: "Readers should remember that Jeff was never interviewed for this book." She con
by barretts 13y ago
There's something slippery about the way Mrs. Bezos writes as well.
She says: "Readers should remember that Jeff was never interviewed for this book."
She conveniently elides the fact that Brad Stone has interviewed Bezos several times for previous articles, and has written about Amazon for a decade or more.
It is certainly tricky, however, for an author to suggest he/she knows what a subject was thinking/feeling in the past.
- OvidNaso 13y agoThis was posted yesterday on Reddit in writing tips. It's advice from Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) to never use 'thinking' verbs wrt your characters. It's for fiction, but I think it is every better applied for non-fiction. Mr. Stone should have a look at it. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1pwh3z/what_small_change_can_i_make_to_my_writing_that/cd6u9bu http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1pwh3z/what_small...
- ColinCochrane 13y agoThanks for the link. That was a great read.