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The Art of a Good Sentence with Joe Moran
Sat 22 Jun 2019 to Sat 22 Jun 2019
James Baldwin wrote that the one true goal of a writer should be ‘to write a sentence as clean as a bone’. The secret of good writing lies in the sentences. When readers find a piece of prose engaging, they are responding not just to the subject matter but to the sound and shape and clarity of the sentences.
Using a bare minimum of technical and grammatical terms, this masterclass will present a guide to writing great sentences. It will show that by understanding a few basic concepts – such as the crucial importance of word order, of identifying a strong subject and main verb, and of paying attention to sentence flow and cadence – we can all write in a way that feels fresh and alive and that comes from a distinctive authorial voice.
A LoveLit writing workshop suitable for adults writing fiction and non-fiction.
Joe Moran is Professor of English at Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of a number of books including Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime (2007), Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness (2016) and of First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life (2018).
Part of the writing ambitions workshop programme presented by Arts Derbyshire in partnership with Derbyshire Libraries.
Date: Saturday 22 June 2019, 12:30 – 15:30 BST
Location: Chesterfield Library, New Beetwell Street, Chesterfield S40 1QN
Cost: £19.45
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Additional Information:
Location:
Chesterfield
Region(s):
East Midlands
Price:
£19.45
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