Reading and writing styles have matured a lot throughout history. In today’s modern world, we create in different formats. For example, some people express their passions by writing a journal (like me). Others share via audio formats such as video recording. Whatever their writing preference, people like to settle for hours with their favorite reading […]
John Paul Pitts, frontman of West Palm Beach, Florida-based rock ‘n’ roll band Surfer Blood, remembers boarding a major plane to London. This moment may have marked the first major milestone for the group, which began in 2009. As the group found their seats and put their bags away, Pitts couldn’t help but think about […]
By Roberta Kwok We tend to become friends with those who are like us, for example, people of the same ethnic or religious background or a similar personality. A new study co-authored by Balázs Kovács of Yale SOM suggests that invisible and visible clues may be part of this process. Specifically, the study examined whether […]
UNITED STATES — Writing styles differ among authors. Copying the technique of a successful writer doesn’t make you a great one. To be good at it, you need to understand the different styles of writing available and adopt the one that appeals to you. This will help you choose a technique that you are comfortable […]
SINGAPORE – When using the Chinese language, Singaporeans tend to add a hint of English expressions or a hint of dialect in their correspondence with Chinese businessmen or officials, which can make their handwriting difficult to understand. . To address these challenges and more, a book on Applied Writing in Chinese that compares writing styles […]
Professor Kenneth Goldsmith teaches ENGL 111, “Writing Off the Page”, at Penn. (Photo by Kenneth Goldsmith) Michael Greenstein Junior College graffiti “Welcome to Penn State” in blue chalk spray paint across campus as part of a class assignment last week for ENGL 111, “Writing Off the Page”. The course explores the limits of writing and […]
Dear public relations subjects, With your column, I learn more about public relations and why good writers often do good public relations. This is because writing is essential in communication, and we are responsible for communicating when we are selling, building a brand or just letting people know what is new with us. Have writing […]
Slanted cursive writing, straight cursive writing, and writing where the alphabets were separated. These are just a few of the different writing styles observed among the participants in the final of the writing competition organized by The Hindu in association with BIC Cello India here Sunday. Of the 6,000 students who participated in the preliminary […]
Andaleeb Wajid, whose novel No Time for Goodbyes has just been released, explains why she started telling stories. It took Andaleeb Wajid four years and 13 refusals to get his first book, Kite strings, published. That was in 2009. But she’s been on a roll since then. His second book, Turn signals off, written in […]
Through sara backdon A Tale of Two Cities: no one writes like Dickens anymore (Image: ITV / Rex features) Few novelists today would want a character to say, “It’s a good, much better rest than I’ve ever known.” This is not only because few modern figures contemplate death by guillotine, but also because writing styles […]