Keeping English prose trim and slim should be every writer's goal. But this doesn't mean sticking to simple declarative sentences all the time. Good prose must not only be concise and clear, but must ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): As you scribble a sentence, you father a thought. You then sit down for hours before your computer to develop it into a piece of writing. Your initial sentences often vary in ...

One of the most lucid and delightful books I've read about writing is Lucille Vaughan Payne's "The Lively Art of Writing." The slim volume, which I discovered many years ago when I was still very self ...