Language: Reference & General

Who doesnt hate wading through wordy paragraphs? Unfortunately, many writers dont realize when they are padding their sentences and obscuring their...

Few newspaper editors are remembered beyond their lifetimes, but David Astor of the Observer is a great exception to the rule. He converted a staid...

Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger, and he has be...

What makes for a good short story? Being short, you might think the storys structure would yield an answer to this question more readily than, say...