http://mediavorous.com/archives/good-writers-throw-fastballs-more-against-cliche-in-online-writing A blog about where culture, new media, marketing and community collide... in people's heads. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:14:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://mediavorous.com/archives/good-writers-throw-fastballs-more-against-cliche-in-online-writing/comment-page-1#comment-444 Joseph Carrabis Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:51:07 +0000 http://mediavorous.com/archives/good-writers-throw-fastballs-more-against-cliche-in-online-writing#comment-444 Hello again, I agree and disagree with you, Brad. Everything you've written here is true. I also know that one thing I've always held true is that any writing I do will help me improve the writing I want to do. You, as my editor at IMedia, are an example of this and you, as my editor, can nullify everything I write here. For example, our discussion of "that versus which" at the IMedia Summit was enlightening to me. I don't think writing in and of itself is going to help people improve their writing. I think writing, studying the masters (Twain, Bradbury, Stevens, and we both know the lists), honing your skills with a willing and sensitive teacher (a nod to you), is what causes one to improve. I learn more about how to write well by studying how editors have edited my writing. But before any of that can happen, I have to write. - Joseph Hello again,
I agree and disagree with you, Brad. Everything you’ve written here is true. I also know that one thing I’ve always held true is that any writing I do will help me improve the writing I want to do. You, as my editor at IMedia, are an example of this and you, as my editor, can nullify everything I write here. For example, our discussion of “that versus which” at the IMedia Summit was enlightening to me.
I don’t think writing in and of itself is going to help people improve their writing. I think writing, studying the masters (Twain, Bradbury, Stevens, and we both know the lists), honing your skills with a willing and sensitive teacher (a nod to you), is what causes one to improve. I learn more about how to write well by studying how editors have edited my writing. But before any of that can happen, I have to write. – Joseph

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