Comments on: not every sentence can be great but every sentence must be good https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/ Catching Days Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:53:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4068 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:53:57 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4068 In reply to cydmadsen.

You’re welcome : )

]]> By: cydmadsen https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4067 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:37:01 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4067 In reply to cynthia.

It was one of my favorites, too, but I couldn’t for the life of me remember her name. Thanks for mentioning her book and name.

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4066 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:53:03 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4066 In reply to cydmadsen.

Thanks, Cyd. I have a May Sarton novel in my to-read stack right now. I’ve mostly read her nonfiction–Journal of a Solitude is one of my favorites.

]]> By: cydmadsen https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4065 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:07:17 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4065 Beautiful. It’s calls for whiskey to celebrate showing some love of language, wherever we find it. Come on, printer, don’t hold back and thirst for ink. I want a hard copy *now*. Very nicely done. Oh, and May Sarton. Thank you for that. I’ve been thinking of her and that book for weeks and felt so lonely. It’s nice to know her writing is still held up as an example.

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4064 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:15:44 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4064 In reply to Jodi Paloni.

Double thanks, Jodi!

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4063 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:14:39 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4063 In reply to Sarah Laurence.

Well, I was never any good in math…When I think of elegant sentences, I think of Alice Munro. I need to pull one of her collections off the shelf and take a look.

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4062 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:05:11 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4062 In reply to KM Huber.

Thanks for reading the essay, Karen. I appreciate every sentence of your comment : )

]]> By: Jodi Paloni https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4061 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:20:04 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4061 I love it, Cynthia. Check out my comments at Brevity, too!

]]> By: Sarah Laurence https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4060 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:15:33 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4060 Interesting point about sentences being more than utilitarian. That would be the difference between a first draft and a final draft. Writing is like a geometric proof: there are many possible solutions but the best one is the most elegant.

]]> By: KM Huber https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2013/01/every-sentence-must-be-good/#comment-4059 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:23:18 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=11759#comment-4059 What a beautiful essay, Cynthia, thoughtful, cogent. Every sentence makes your point. Seems it is the “essential essay” for all writers in any stage of the process but especially revision. Thanks!

Karen

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