Comments on: Paragraph Party Postmortem http://denniscass.com/2009/08/05/paragraph-party-postmortem/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:07:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cat Moleski http://denniscass.com/2009/08/05/paragraph-party-postmortem/#comment-1040 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:23:06 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=1537#comment-1040 I wouldn’t dump the three-sentence rule or the Hemingway example. Great writers can break the rules, beginners shouldn’t. I think beginners should study the greats and strive to emulate them. Too often, though, beginners think that if Hemingway did it, hey, so can I. No, you can’t just yet. Maybe someday. With a lot of practice. But keep trying.

]]> By: denniscass http://denniscass.com/2009/08/05/paragraph-party-postmortem/#comment-1033 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:35:23 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=1537#comment-1033 Fixed.

]]> By: Alexei http://denniscass.com/2009/08/05/paragraph-party-postmortem/#comment-1032 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:26:18 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=1537#comment-1032 Glad you’re teaching paragraphs and not spelling — or literature. It’s Ernest Hemingway, not Earnest Hemmingway. Speaking of obsessing over details…

]]> By: Sherri http://denniscass.com/2009/08/05/paragraph-party-postmortem/#comment-1026 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:28:46 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=1537#comment-1026 “As writers we obsess over every detail, but as readers we’re more inclined to take the text as it comes.”

So true, yet so hard to remember in the throes of writing. Wish I could have been at the party, but getting these nuggets here will do nicely.

]]> By: Kimberly J. Brown http://denniscass.com/2009/08/05/paragraph-party-postmortem/#comment-1024 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:25:45 +0000 http://denniscass.com/?p=1537#comment-1024 Great Paragraph Party! Thanks for the new insights and tips!

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