Dead Prose 2: How Zinsser Improves a Videogame review
The internet isn’t exactly known for providing a consistently high quality of writing. And I don’t think most people have particularly high literary expectations of video game reviews. So I was surprised to see a badly-written video game review elicit strong responses from readers, and prompt a discussion on the craft of writing that references […]
A few links about writing and fact-checking
Apart from reading a lot about science and technology, I’ve also been reading as much as I can about writing and journalism. I find it useful to try to incorporate things that I like about other people’s writing into my own. Here’s a few recent links that I came across: 1. A talk by William […]