writing strategies Archives - Character Ink https://characterinkblog.com/tag/writing-strategies/ Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes! Wed, 27 May 2015 21:06:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Three Writing Strategies: SSS5X3, Redundancy on Purpose, and Repeating Sentence Structures https://characterinkblog.com/three-writing-strategies-sss5x3-redundancy-on-purpose-and-repeating-sentence-structures/ https://characterinkblog.com/three-writing-strategies-sss5x3-redundancy-on-purpose-and-repeating-sentence-structures/#respond Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:07:00 +0000 http://characterinkblog.com/three-writing-strategies-sss5x3-redundancy-on-purpose-and-repeating-sentence-structures/ We teach three writing strategies in our books that I just heard used wonderfully together in Michael Connelly’s new novel (The Black Box). (I listen to fiction sometimes while I clean, drive, edit, etc., since time is short here!) “The store owners shot looters. The National Guardsmen shot looters. And looters shot looters.” Three elements […]

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We teach three writing strategies in our books that I just heard used wonderfully together in Michael Connelly’s new novel (The Black Box). (I listen to fiction sometimes while I clean, drive, edit, etc., since time is short here!)

“The store owners shot looters. The National Guardsmen shot looters. And looters shot looters.”

Three elements to try to incorporate in your writing this week:

1. SSS5 x 3—Super Short Sentence of Five Words or Fewer Three Times in a Row

2. Redundancy on Purpose! Way cool when redundancy (repeating the same words) is done on purpose!)

3. Repeating sentence structure--Subject-Verb-Object Pattern

Try one–or all three–this week!

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