My English 1010 textbook, "Patterns for a Purpose" was a sixty dollar investment and knowledge already learned, worded for college students. Honestly, there are only so many ways to say 'here's some techniques for brainstorming' and 'make sure to rewrite' and the writers of this book have defiantly covered them.
Despite the obvious redundancy, this book has actually been more helpful than others. For instance, this book is not just four hundred pages of text about how to write well. It actually gives pertinent examples and real life uses for the things it teaches. One example was the two page break down of the logical fallacies poor writers will try to employ. It gave the definition of each, along with examples of what they sound like.
So what am I really trying to say? I appreciate that people would take the time to write a book to help people write better, but does it HAVE to be so redundant?
Who are you and where is my son? WOW! I always knew you were a good writer, but seriously Kyle, you don not SOUND like you are 18! Love you
ReplyDelete