Comments on: “Color” in writing http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/ What History’s Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us About Success And Failure Sat, 26 May 2012 22:08:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andreas Kluth http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-8796 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:19:17 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-8796 Glad to hear it, Jenny.

Next project: Don’t want to start another book before the pending one is published, and they’re friggin taking forever. Then, I’ve got some ideas. But you never know.

]]> By: jenny http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-8790 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:18:35 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-8790 I’ve thought about this all day. Beautiful.

Why wouldn’t your next project be a little (in size) book about writing, along these lines?

]]> By: Cheri http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1660 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:33:26 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1660 Why do gifted people always expect an A?

]]> By: andreaskluth http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1635 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:25:53 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1635 Jens wins this week’s award for simplicity, elegance and economy (SEE).

Cheri, I thought the scale nowadays was A-, A and A+. (Which is why I am smarting from my recent A- for poetry)

Mr Crotchety, I confess that I have not read anything by Thomas Pynchon. But re Charles Dickens: yes, he wrote colorfully, but also had substance, no? He got more substance as he got older, which made him observe more details about people.

]]> By: Mr. Crotchety http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1633 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:06:09 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1633 And Thomas Pynchon?

]]> By: Mr. Crotchety http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1632 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:05:11 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1632 So is Charles Dickens a color writer, then?

]]> By: Cheri http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1631 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:39:21 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1631 Your illustrated post (marvelous way to teach) reminds me of the difficulty of assigning a grade to a piece of student writing.

Lovely writing, little content. Work on insight. C

Thought-provoking content, miserable writing. Work on expression. B

Precise gem! Clear writing, thoughtful content. A

]]> By: Jens http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1630 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:07:37 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1630 - = +

]]> By: andreaskluth http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1629 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:28:29 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1629 And that reminds me of the Mark Twain quote. Writing to a friend, he began: “I’m sorry I didn’t have time to write you a shorter letter.”

]]> By: Jag (defensive punster) http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1627 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:24:19 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1627 Carefully illuminated picture and very illuminating post.

Reminds me of one of the principles of Japanese design (encountered in the context of gardens) – the principle of simplification. Echoes exactly what you’ve described. Roughly a design/garden isn’t finished until the last thing, that can be, is taken out. The skill is in the selection of the fewest constituents that convey the essence.

]]> By: Phillip S Phogg http://andreaskluth.org/2009/04/23/color-in-writing/#comment-1610 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:29:28 +0000 http://andreaskluth.org/?p=2059#comment-1610 Less is more, perhaps?

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