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Tuong Van is on page 53 of 165

Laurence Stern, to his abuse of additive form: "a seemingly new pattern of unity; not new but as old as humanity: the organic pattern of life" and "I know there are readers in the world...who are no readers at all...because they are not trying to put things together or figure them out". There's difference between intentionally not to & incapable to be aesthetic. Prove first you're masterful enough to be condescending

— Apr 06, 2013 11:56AM

How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

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Tuong Van is on page 115 of 165

— May 26, 2013 10:13AM

Tuong Van is on page 67 of 165

Between Woolf and Ford, additive style of Woolf is "to render the flow and the play of consciousness adrift in the current of changing impression" - I had learnt to use this in the past, and regretting of overuse ever since. To Ford, it "the economy of the sentence - it packs so much", this I'd better learn then, repairing my often scatter train of thoughts caused by Woolf style.

— May 18, 2013 02:10AM

Tuong Van is on page 45 of 165

Subordinating Styles and purposes:
-phrases with similar preposition: connection,completion
-Brevity: unshakable conviction, deliberate wisdom
-parenthetical: delayed progress, reflection
-piling clauses: suspending completion, avoiding final act
-succession of dependent clauses: preliminaries become direct assertions
-rhyming patterns, pairs, interplay between inner and outer, progression: inter-clause effects

— Apr 05, 2013 07:30PM

Tuong Van is on page 36 of 165

"...it behooves us to know what the various styles in our repertoire are for and what they can do." - pg 35

— Apr 05, 2013 04:56PM

Tuong Van is on page 28 of 165

"...the truth is that forms are the engines of creativity...prompting [students]to make moves in their writing they might not otherwise make..."-pg26

— Apr 05, 2013 02:49PM

Tuong Van is on page 17 of 165

— Apr 04, 2013 04:56PM

Tuong Van is on page 12 of 165

— Apr 04, 2013 04:45PM