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A review by viatai23_
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
4.0
It's more of a 3.75
I picked up this book, along with a few others, to help me with my creative writing classes. This was the first one to be read. I enjoyed the book since it provides a skeleton for writing. It's like cooking classic dishes. You don't want to start adding crazy and unnecessary items to the food or else the presentation, albeit the taste, to fail. This teaches you to write clearly, concisely, and lively. However old this book is, the content within is good for a beginner writer.
All those nice things come with a downside. The book tends to come off as snooty. It can make the reader feel that writing is rigid and one-note. The parts that tell you how to write can come off as condescending as if you need to be guided down the path of writing cause the author doesn't trust writers enough to write "correctly."
This book is a good place to start when beginning writing and, I would imagine, is a good reference to look back on.
I picked up this book, along with a few others, to help me with my creative writing classes. This was the first one to be read. I enjoyed the book since it provides a skeleton for writing. It's like cooking classic dishes. You don't want to start adding crazy and unnecessary items to the food or else the presentation, albeit the taste, to fail. This teaches you to write clearly, concisely, and lively. However old this book is, the content within is good for a beginner writer.
All those nice things come with a downside. The book tends to come off as snooty. It can make the reader feel that writing is rigid and one-note. The parts that tell you how to write can come off as condescending as if you need to be guided down the path of writing cause the author doesn't trust writers enough to write "correctly."
This book is a good place to start when beginning writing and, I would imagine, is a good reference to look back on.