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Legal Writing Prof Blog
Not-So-Spooky Advice from Stephen King
Over at The Faculty Lounge, a timely post for Halloween recognizes the writing wisdom of one of America's creepiest writers, Stephen King. This gave me the idea to compile some of the wisdom from…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
spare the pen, and spoil the child?
For a great take on why the key to good writing is good editing, click here. (If that link isn't working, try this URL, without the line breaks:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203633104576625031144164162.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)hat tip: Bob…
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Writing good insults
By Patrick Lamb
I received the following from a friend in California, who shares my appreciation of good writing. These are "glorious insults" from an era before we relied so heavily on four…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
The New York Times and Spell Check
The New York Times maintains a blog dedicated to its own grammar mistakes. This week's post is about problems with spell check. Here are a few great examples from The…
Cordell Parvin Blog
What is the Difference Between Writing a Blog and Writing an Article?
I see too many blogs by lawyers that read more like an article. I even saw a post last week that included detailed footnotes. Articles written by lawyers tend to…
Legal Skills Prof Blog
Writing Tip of the Week
Creating Emphasis IPlacement of words or ideas in a sentence affects emphasis. Words at the beginning and end of a sentence receive the most emphasis; words in the middle the…
Cordell Parvin Blog
My First #Tweetchat and Hopefully What You Can Learn from Me About Writing and Speaking
Last Thursday night I participated in my first #Tweetchat: #LawJobChat No. 12. Amanda Ellis and Melissa Sachs asked me to participate along with Ari Kaplan and Adrian Dayton (two young dynamos who both type…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
New Book on “Classical English Rhetoric”
We note the publication of a new book that may be of interest to readers of this blog. It is Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric, authored by Ward Farnsworth, Professor at…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
One-Spacers vs. Two-Spacers
A fierce Internet debate is raging about whether writers should insert one space or two between sentences. While the discussion gives new meaning to Seinfeld's catch phrase “a show about nothing,” it…
Texas Bar Blog
Do you have the “write” stuff?
The 2011 Texas Bar Journal Short Story Fiction Writing Contest is in full swing. Deadline to send your story is 5 p.m. March 1, 2011.