Best of Week: Short Sentences

It is possible. Truly, it is. It is possible to speak eloquently and intelligently without the constant use of long, drawn-out sentences. I can do it! I can speak with varied sentence lengths :) Anyway, I think that the best topic we covered this week was the Artful Sentences method of "artfully" using short sentences to make a point in writing. After learning about it, I subconsciously picked out the use of this technique as I read The Kite Runner. Related to the short sentences technique is the skill of using a form of the verb "to be" in these sentences. I had learned about varied sentence lengths before, but I never realized just how short and elementary we could make sentences in our writing! "subject"-"verb"-"adjective (if necessary)" It's crazy! I am extremely happy to have learned this technique. I can make myself a better writer. It's easy. Now I know how to do it! Of course, I have much more to learn, but now I will search for the use of short sentences in my reading, and hopefully, I will be able to successfully apply it to my writing! I really think this discussion of sentence length was very beneficial to our class because it is great knowledge to have, and it was exciting! We were excited. About writing. Who would have thought? I am definitely looking forward to reading more Artful Sentences throughout the year and then beginning to write!