Tip Tuesday

Nothing will serve more effectually to improve your taste, and to give you an easy command of thought and expression, than an intimate acquaintance with the English classics. …remember that to form a good writer, the first requisite is well organized thoughts—the second, a good, unique style. If you can command thoughts which are striking and original, it is all the better provided they are appropriate. …..Let your subjects be chosen, so far as possible, as pertaining to the familiar.  Do not write about the African savage, unless you happen to be very familiar with him. Constrain yourself, to using you imagination only to fill out some scene you are already acquainted with.

                                                                                                     William B. Sprague, D.D.

This gentleman wrote in the 1800’s, as you might have guessed, so after your head stops aching from trying to understand him, take what he says with a grain of salt. His main points are, make sure you write uniquely; write about things you can accurately portray; and read well written books to improve your style.