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> incredibly boring manner. I'm not sure if its purpose I very much miss the style of writing in which the entire point is given in the first paragraph. The
by chillingeffect 12y ago
> incredibly boring manner. I'm not sure if its purpose
I very much miss the style of writing in which the entire point is given in the first paragraph. The remaining paragraphs then expose the story. I was taught that way and it makes it easier to understand what to pay attention to.
Writing in this style has come into vogue. It begins like NPR stories, with no foreshadowing, just a large number of mysterious statements like, "It's 3 am. I'm hearing tinkling sounds. John Wayne had several unusual hobbies. 80s arcade games had references to screen doors." Then, they pile on details until eventually, you hope, a point emerges.
I have no idea what parts are relevant and which parts are merely building suspense!
- fluidcruft 12y agoI think that style of progressive writing was designed primarily for print journalism. It makes it easier to chop the story to size and fit in the space available during layout. It is a very authoritarian cognitive style, however.
- Ntrails 12y agoI recently went on a "business writing course" and about the only thing I can remember was endless repetition of the expression: "Tell them what you're gonna tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them"