tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post9177073852193173787..comments2024-02-17T04:00:25.925-06:00Comments on The Platoon Advantage: Chad Harbach's "The Art of Fielding"The Common Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994070642805307798noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-2673368466833269662022-08-17T17:02:39.029-05:002022-08-17T17:02:39.029-05:00Hi greaat reading your postHi greaat reading your postFlooring Contractors Lakevillehttps://www.floor-contractors.com/us/flooring-installation-minnesota/flooring-contractors-lakeville.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-65364683293796578652011-11-10T17:48:13.191-06:002011-11-10T17:48:13.191-06:00I, too, enjoy your writing, Jason.
I'm a teac...I, too, enjoy your writing, Jason.<br /><br />I'm a teacher in England. Though a math teacher, I enjoy the sound of my own pen. When I started teacher, my report editor commented more than once that my sentences contained more sub-clauses - and length - than were desirable. Though I did not side with him immediately I realised that he was was in fact correct. Brevity is the soul of wit and all that. <br /><br />What one takes to be a well-constructed, multi-clause sentence does not always come across so to the reader, I realised. And that is so no matter what pretensions I may have held on the matter of my own style. To the point where I tend to think it preferable to begin a sentence with "And" than make the previous one too long.<br /><br />FWIW.hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-21288836018706728702011-11-07T14:34:06.862-06:002011-11-07T14:34:06.862-06:00David, thanks -- please don't be hesitant abou...David, thanks -- please don't be hesitant about such feedback. Long sentences are sometimes a conscious choice on my part and frequently something more like an affectation / mimicry of writers I enjoy. (Chad Harbach does not use long sentences. Perhaps I need new heroes.)Jason Wojciechowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935366214824790506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-34541077249794208992011-11-07T14:11:32.878-06:002011-11-07T14:11:32.878-06:00Sounds like an interesting read. Jason, by the wa...Sounds like an interesting read. Jason, by the way, I hope you don't mind a little constructive criticism, because I'm going to give some to you. You're a really great writer, but you have a problem with which I, too struggle. Some of your sentences are absurdly long. There were two in this essay that went over 100 words, with lots of asides and parantheticals. That's actually exactly how I write (in fact, once in high school, I wrote a 300-word essay in only three sentences, much to the chagrin of my teacher, who asked that I make it at least 5 if I wanted credit), but some people find it very off-putting, because it's so easy to lose track of subject and even content. It's usually a symptom of writing how we speak (which I think is almost always a GREAT quality and makes for engaging reading), but it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming. Sorry if that sounds too critical. I actually really enjoy the things you've posted here since joining, but I thought you might appreciate it. Nice article, and I can't wait to read more like it!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304178130464809737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-82650474770865816232011-11-07T10:12:26.816-06:002011-11-07T10:12:26.816-06:00Thanks. I will add this to my reading list.Thanks. I will add this to my reading list.William J. Taskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313204947130235560noreply@blogger.com