Vonnegut Style

First there was Strunk's "Elements of Style", then came Kurt Vonnegut.

For a discussion of literary style in a narrower sense, in a more technical sense, I recommend to your attention The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White. E.B. White is, of course, one of the most admirable literary stylists this country has so far produced.

You should realize, too, that no one would care how well or badly Mr. White expressed himself, if he did not have perfectly enchanting things to say.

Comments

[Mark Folse]

Good advice, all that (says the man who takes as his stylistic guide "Lord, I Was Born A Rambin' Man" by the Allman Brothers and the extended solos of the Grateful dead. Blame Faulkner. He ruined us southerners all. But, damn, commas and semicolons are so much more, well, attractive looking that all those periods.

[Marco]

I have to agree, Mark. For a Sicilian it's advice well taken since we tend to ramble some too.