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[Techster]

Unless you are writing a novel, don't copy novelists. Read this instead:

Strunk and White

My sister gave me The Elements of Style for Christmas when I was in high school.

 

[forensicbuzz]

Not a classic, but "1984" should be required reading for HS students. Prophetic.

I consider this a classic. Must-read. Same as Animal Farm and Brave New World. Lois Lowry and Margaret Atwood treading into Huxley territory.

 

[Root4GT]

I consider this a classic. Must-read. Same as Animal Farm and Brave New World. Lois Lowry and Margaret Atwood treading into Huxley territory.

In Fairfax County VA 1984 is a book that is addressed in 12th Grade English. My daughter is a 12th Grade English Special Ed teacher. There are real challenges teaching those kids but every once in a while a light bulb comes on discussing 1984!

 

[Jack]

James Joyce, Henry James, and maybe David Foster Wallace

I think they played at GT in the eighties. Joyce was a great point guard and James was a backup 5, but I can’t remember much about Wallace.

 

[MtnWasp]

Unless you are writing a novel, don't copy novelists. Read this instead:

Strunk and White

That's so good.

Here's another: If someone hasn't asked for editorial help, don't impose oneself in that capacity. Because it can make one come across as a total

 

[MountainBuzzMan]

We know you don't mean it. We're always worth your time.

Also, can somebody remind me what TF this thread is about?

Cornbread and BBQ Sauce

 

[Jack]

Cornbread and BBQ Sauce

Barbacoa, not barbecue

 

[okiemon]

Literature. They want your faves. I defer to my grandchildren
Deborah Dreisen “The Pout-Pout Fish”
Louise Colandro “There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly!”

I defer to myself, about 70 years ago: “Mr. Bear Squash-You-All-Flat.”

 

[senoiajacket]

I think they played at GT in the eighties. Joyce was a great point guard and James was a backup 5, but I can’t remember much about Wallace.

Wallace was a role player, not the go to guy

 

[Richland County]

Not a classic, but "1984" should be required reading for HS students. Prophetic.

I was required to read it in the 8th grade. Yes it is very prophetic. Watch the video by Paul Harvey "if I were the devil," He made it in the 60's. That commentary is scary.

 

[Peacone36]

Not a classic, but "1984" should be required reading for HS students. Prophetic.

I bought this and Brave New World about 2 years ago. I read them both in HS but did not appreciate them. They are….horrifically accurate and prophetic.