"Analyzable" Quotes from Famous Books
... same laws of accuracy and interest hold for the sentence as for the story as a whole. But in the sentence they are more rigid,—due in the main to the fact that the sentence is briefer and more readily analyzable. And while one sympathizes with the overworked reporter who served notice upon critical college professors that "when the hands of the clock are near on to press time, and I have a million things to write in a few minutes, I don't give a whoop if ... — News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer |