I learned to use the active voice and to "rite tite" from journalism and a hard-core city editor who needed accurate reportage, which was quite verbose in the days of Mark Twain, who actually made up most of his stories when there was nothing meaty to report to the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, NV. I didn't know, however, that it came about as an Act of Congress in 1937. How it managed to turn around the dire conditions of the Great Depression, I will never understand, but thank you for this well-written manifesto on a subject that needs to be addressed by writers and editors everywhere.
I learned to use the active voice and to "rite tite" from journalism and a hard-core city editor who needed accurate reportage, which was quite verbose in the days of Mark Twain, who actually made up most of his stories when there was nothing meaty to report to the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, NV. I didn't know, however, that it came about as an Act of Congress in 1937. How it managed to turn around the dire conditions of the Great Depression, I will never understand, but thank you for this well-written manifesto on a subject that needs to be addressed by writers and editors everywhere.
I love well written wit! thank you Anthony
Clever, smart, thoughtful--it's a pleasure, Anthony.
All points well taken & wittily expressed!
I enjoyed the satire. Constance