Gary Provost was born in 1944 and died in 1995. He was the author of many books across a range of genres including four award-winning young adult novels. Provost was also a highly sought after writing instructor and published a number of writing advice books including Make Every Word Count (Writers Digest Books, 1980). Read more about Gary Provost at garyprovost.com, a site established and maintained by his wife Gail.
Love it! This is great. Sharing.
Completely agree Robyn and very informative.
I’ve read this before and love the message. It’s a great example of how to vary sentences and create music with words.
Brilliant! Clearly teaches an amazingly crucial concept.
I love it! Will definitely share this with my high-school students who aren’t sure that the way you express yourself does make a difference!
That last sentence needed a semi-colon after the word “length.”
@Chad: No, it doesn’t. The right side of that semicolon is not an independent clause. Worse than being a pedant is being a pedant and wrong.
Nothing like an example to make things clear. =)
Very cool, I like it.
The example really gets the point across clearly.