
Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft
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Brooks Landon
About this listen
Why do some lengthy sentences flow effortlessly while others stumble along? Why are you captivated by the writing of particular authors? How can you craft sentences that reflect your unique outlook on the world?
This lively, 24-lecture course introduces you to the myriad ways in which we think about, talk about, and write sentences. Reviving the sentence-oriented approach to studying writing, Professor Landon provides a greater context for what makes sentences great - and how you can apply these methods to your own writing.
You'll look at the kernels from which sentences grow - minimal base clauses - and how adding words or phrases creates larger, cumulative sentences that lead toward great writing. You'll explore sentence constructions that make writing more complex and add exciting levels of suspense, and see tactics that create balance and rhythm.Recognizing and appreciating these and other eye-opening aspects of sentences helps you understand the work that goes into creating an effective, pleasurable sentence, which can make you more aware of why particular lines, passages, or phrases in the poems, novels, or articles you read so enchant you.
Professor Landon draws abundantly on examples from the work of brilliant writers, including Don DeLillo, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Johnson, and more. With its passionate approach to writing and reading and its indulgence in the sheer joy of language, this journey gives you unique insights into the nature of great writing-and also teaches you how you can achieve some of this greatness yourself.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
©2008 The Teaching Company, LLC (P)2008 The Great CoursesWhat did you like most about Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft?
It goes to the nuts and bolts of building a sentence.Who was your favorite character and why?
There was none.Which character – as performed by Professor Brooks Landon – was your favourite?
HimselfWas this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes.Any additional comments?
Well worth listening to.Very good
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technical but very interesting
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I wanted to give it five stars, but couldn't
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
The content - make it snappy, it seems as if the authors want to make books longer as well as sentences.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Nothing reallyHow did the narrator detract from the book?
Not the narrator as much as the looped clap tapeCould you see Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
NoAny additional comments?
Aimed at at 14 to 15 year oldsIf you learn through Repetition then this for you
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There is only one imperfection in that I would like to see how cumulative sentences could be applied to nonfiction writing.
All in all, it's worth a five-star performance. Thank you professor Brooks Landon!
The best audio book about writing
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Not by this narrator. I had to stop after ten minutes due to the mis-pronunciation. For an audio book all about sentences you could at least pronounce the word correctly! There is a 't' in it so why say 'sen-ance-ees'. It was so irritating I switched off.
Has Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft put you off other books in this genre?
Not really. I still enjoy books about language and writing. Just not this one!
Would you be willing to try another one of Professor Brooks Landon’s performances?
No! See my statement above re the pronunciation of sentences. It was infuriating!
Do you think Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Yes by someone who knows how to say sentences.
Couldn't listen to this
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The word is sentence so why does he insist on pronouncing it as SENNANSE?
My head hurts!
Otherwise, pretty good.
How to write a sennanse!
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Technical and detailed
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Master the synance of English writing.
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Brilliant
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