From the course: Writing with Flair: How to Become an Exceptional Writer
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Elegant paragraphs: Exercises
From the course: Writing with Flair: How to Become an Exceptional Writer
Elegant paragraphs: Exercises
- What would you do with this passage if you wanted to create elegant paragraphs out of it. Here's one way to do it. We've divided it there into points related to Luke's studying habits and points related to his partying habits. You could also do it elegantly like this. Switching paragraphs every time there's a meaningful shift in emphasis. We have there, the point about studying at home with illustrations, followed by the point about studying at school with illustrations, followed by the point about partying with an illustration. And here's another elegant way of doing it. There we separated the supporting points, or the illustrations from the main point each time. But we might also re-write the thing completely differently in the way that it isn't even easily definable in words, but might still be elegant in some way to you. For example, this. So there, we've highlighted a piece of the, of the text that for whatever reason, we wanted to emphasize. And that may read elegantly too. If…
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The beauty of elegance3m 27s
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Presentational elegance or "house style"7m 22s
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Narrative elegance5m 42s
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Narrative elegance: Exercises2m 36s
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Stray thoughts3m 53s
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Elegant paragraphs4m 59s
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Elegant paragraphs: Exercises1m 58s
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Timing, rhythm, and musicality4m 5s
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Timing, rhythm, and musicality: Exercises2m 33s
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Elegant transitions4m
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Parallel ideas3m 3s
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Parallel ideas: Exercises1m 27s
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Word echoes5m 56s
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