HOW TO WRITE A GREAT SENTENCE | The Art of Writing | Hemingway | Faulkner | Amis | Provost

Longest Piece of English Literature? At least American English? William Faulkner? Tersest Sentences? Hemingway? Style or content, which is the most important?
‘We are fond of separating style and content for the purposes of analysis, and so on, but they aren't separable, they come from the same place, and style is morality, style judges.’
This is a quote taken from Martin Amis’s essay on Saul Bellow’s ‘The Adventures of Augie March’.
And if as he maintains, ‘style is morality, style judges’, and if, indeed, this is not content produced just for stylistic effect, then this is an idea with interesting implications.
Now there are many different aspects to style, such as The use of Creative devices, Diction, Grammar, Tone, Rhythm, Cadence - and this is not an exhaustive list.
So then, according to Amis, Grammar is Style, Tone is Style, but also - character is style, and even, setting and plot, is Style, and all the Literary tools available to and employed by the writer, taken as a whole, are,, style.
In studying the History of Literature - you find that some of its meatiest and most appealing aspects are - Literary Feuds - enter William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway. Two, outstanding writers with very different, and in fact, antithetical styles. So following the thread, these are two writers whose writings contained two very different Moralities and Judgments of the world.
This short video essay then leads up to a brief but finely crafted paragraph taken from ‘100 ways to improve your writing’ by Gary Provost, which stands unique as it employs the very form that it is trying to teach, about the art of writing, and how sentences can be stylised for greater impact and musicality.
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Everything about this video is brilliant. From the initial quote describing how he who writes cannot remove himself from his work, as is evident in Faulkner and Hemingway's books. Instead, one's own style and content are both reflections of the individual, and the lens in which they see the world. Finally I really appreciate how you address the subjective nature of writing. Or at least, the subjective nature of learning how to write better. That is, instead of simply giving advice. Then arguing why the implementation of such ideas would be beneficial. The author gives a seemingly empty demonstration. Allowing the reader to be the judge between the two styles, allowing the reader to realize for themselves, that it is impossible for words to be empty, to conclude that the content of this 'empty' work is not just a lesson on sentence structure, but also a concrete showing on how wherever there is style there is content.

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Every word is a choice, and the act of choosing is inherently ethical. The most important ethic of linguistic style, as with styles of any sort, is to dress for the occasion. - Anonymous

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I played this video numerous times as well. The voice hits the perfect pitch for conveying such a beautiful piece of text. Thank you.

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Me personally, I'm more on the side of Faulkner, but there's a time and place for every writing style.

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I agree. And also find it interesting how most people fall down on the side of Hemingway over Faulkner. Most people can't seem to bear Faulkner. But there's a lot of beauty in him. Thanks OMC. Appreciated.

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‘Morally’ speaking i am with Faulkner. But Hemingway I enjoy reading much more.

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The conviction and pathos in the composition of this piece, makes it insightful, relevant and effortlessly enjoyable to listen to.

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Non finer recapitulation of style has crossed my path to this day !

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For my money--or my less than humble opinion, Hemingway is a grand writer, but there is the sheer beauty of music and all there is, and possibly ever will be with reading Faulkner.

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I agree. I love Faulkner.

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Hemingway > Faulkner. There’s such mercurial beauty in simplicity.

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Hemingways talent is more eloquent.more impact by saying less.

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Truly amazing, I've stumbled upon this idea of objective morality, to enhance my writing earlier this year, and honestly the best sources are in fact the religious textures for a comprehensive set of morality

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I love that quote from Provost. I have that book, but came across the quote on the internet years ago. Everytime I read it, it gives me chills. It's amazing how affecting a simple sentence can be when you use the right combination of words, verbs, rhythm, etc. As a writer, it makes me fall in love with writing all over again, everytime I read it.

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Which quote?

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Keats. Noted.

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I have had the pleasure of a life time when I've read that piece from Provost.

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I'm writing a book. It will contain both terse and florid prose. I believe that this combination will allow the reader to be both stimulated and lulled.

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I once wrote a sentence but I didn't think it was very good, however, it got the point across.

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I think that the length of a sentence or a paragraph or the way one chooses to weave and blend them is structured according to the point of view and the inner soul garden of the writer. There are no rules to follow except for the path of the artists truth and his intent. If you want repetition then repeat. If you want to embroider then embroider. If you want concision then be concise.

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A very, very poor attempt.

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Yeah, interesting stuff. I still have zero clue how style “is” morality or judgement. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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That lesson at the end was so good.

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Loving this insight. The syntax is one of it

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noun: elegant variation "the stylistic fault of studiedly finding different ways to denote the same thing in a piece of writing, merely to avoid repetition." Like music. Simple.

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Reductio

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“Poor Faulkner, to think big emotions come from big words.”

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That hardback copy of The Great Gatsby at 1:46 must be about 3 sentences a page.

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Now I understand why so many writers also dabble in music, and why in turn so many musicians have also written, and why the southern black gospel preacher nearly sings his sermons.

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Cicero said it best in De Oratore: vary, differentiate, amplify.

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I like the part at the end about varying the length of sentences. Morality could be described as a judgement of what is right or wrong. Can someone tell me, in plain language, how style does this? Perhaps a couple of convincing examples. Thanks in advance.

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Read Orwell and then Hemingway, then, when you are ready for it, Cormac McCarthy.

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@@bluegregory6239 In other words, you can't.

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Either do a music concert or make commentary about the subject at hand. For the true composer of either discipline, it really is an either or moment. Important moment. Mahalo to the one who thus makes a better eorkd

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Style is style period. It can be morality but it can also be amoral. The apex of all creative output contain the three most important things and they are, tone, tone and tone. Tone is your apex. Everything else is tool used for achieving tone.

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That's an interesting point of view. Thanks ReethKitchards. Here's a question: Do you think tone is part of style, or style part of tone?

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@@TheWrittenWorldSubscribeNow I had a jazz guitar lesson a decade back. The first question the teacher asked me was, what are the three most important things in music. I replied, Harmony, Rhythm and Melody. He replied, Nope. I was like, wait, not a single one of them? He replied, nope. Then he said, he was asked the same question by the then Boston Philharmonic Conductor at the time, who told him the same and then replied to him... The 3 most important things in music are... TONE TONE & TONE. I stopped to think about what he told me for about half a minute and I'd been playing guitar for 15 years at that point and after a second it hit me...He was right. Style is what the man of the street gathers from your artistic output....TONE is what you should focus on, as your ultimate of your delivery. All the things you know about your craft and about the world will come into play but ultimately those little granular aspects are the bricks of the building and not the building itself. The building it culmination of "All" the little things you do to deliver, the FINAL TONE that your audience perceives. They. judge the totality. Your job is to pick the bolts, bricks, workers, etc. that will deliver that ultimate, expression. I can play a "C" note...if I play the 4th then the next interval will be "F" and there will be a strong consonance to just those 2 choices...if I chose the 2nd, then I change the interval characteristics of "C" by choosing a more dissonant path...and so on. Nobody in the audience is judging each note as I play them, they are only judging the totality of what I am delivering. I've carried this practice through out my endeavors and I only use what is necessary to deliver the ultimate TONE I want my audience to walk away with. I only select what is essential to deliver the final TONE, no more and no less. Does that make sense? I think this can be applied to writing as well. I don't think Morality is a primary function of any creative output. I think it's something you chose in your bag of techniques to deliver a TONE. But that is it. What if I was writing a Horror story? Morality may or may not be a component to it.

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I think that we agree on the essence of the issue, but our disagreement stems from a semantic point. _Style_ , is the 'apex', from my point of view. In literature, _tone_ is what the writing expresses about pathos towards a subject. So from this standpoint, it is a sub-category of style. When I say 'style', as my video suggests, it means all of the tools that the writer uses, taken as a whole, and expressed in the final work, (if any work is truly ever final). There is definitely a close relationship between music and literature, and so many descriptions do indeed spill over into both. But I think that in this case, we may be overstretching the analogy. Still, staying there, I will say that _style_ is what accounts for the entire musical piece. In terms of Amis' description of morality, his point is a deeper one. He means that even if a work is amoral, or immoral; its style is a _type_ of morality. This isn't a point about ethics - but about how we approach the world. Writing, and especially the aesthetic nature of it, expresses an attitude towards life, even if it's subject matter is as simple - and as complex - as a warm midnight wind blowing through an laburnum tree. I take your point completely, but think that when you say 'tone', and when I say 'style', we are approaching the same reality using different definitions. Either way; I hope you enjoyed the video!

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🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:03 🖋️ *Style in writing is inseparable from content and is a reflection of morality.* 00:33 🛠️ *Aspects of style, including grammar, tone, and diction, collectively define a writer's style, which in turn reflects their moral perspective.* 00:59 📚 *Literary feuds, like that between Faulkner and Hemingway, highlight differing stylistic and moral viewpoints in writing.* 01:14 🖊️ *Faulkner's writing is characterized by ornate, long sentences, influenced by his Southern Christian upbringing.* 01:30 ✂️ *Hemingway's style is concise and laconic, shaped by his experiences as a reporter and modern cosmopolitan influences.* 02:24 🔍 *Faulkner and Hemingway's styles reflect the environments and themes they write about, whether it's the southern heat or city life.* 03:05 📖 *Faulkner and Hemingway's differing attitudes towards language use and vocabulary highlight their distinct literary styles.* 03:31 📝 *Faulkner's tendency to write long sentences contrasts sharply with Hemingway's shorter, more straightforward prose.* 04:41 📈 *Sentence structure in novels represents a spectrum, with Faulkner and Hemingway occupying opposite ends.* 05:09 🧱 *The sentence is the fundamental unit of literature, providing context and unfolding literary meaning.* 06:06 🎶 *Gary Provost's writing illustrates the musicality and rhythm that can be achieved through varied sentence length.* 07:25 🌈 *A dynamic, exploratory writing style, akin to a kaleidoscope, is suggested as more morally expansive and creative.* Made with HARPA AI

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When Hemingway wanted to push Faulkner's buttons, he called him "Bill."

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Why did you self-censor 'rhythm'? 🤔

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did you just misspell rhythm at 0:30?

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This would be quite good if rhythm were not spelled incorrectly in the early titles.

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I know. The irony of it! By the time I noticed it was too late. Forgive me. I hope you enjoyed it anyway Joseph.

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[@jt2465]

How And why is STYLE morality?

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Watch the video.

[@jt2465]

@@TheWrittenWorldSubscribeNowI did. But I don't get it. Morality, how? Sorry, maybe I am missing something

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@@jt2465 There are a few ways this could be understood, but I’ll explain it to you like this. The quote belongs to Martin Amis, from his memoir ‘Experience’ (2000). It relates to Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ (1955) in which Nabokov is able to, according to one interpretation, blur the lines between the moral and immoral spheres (his protagonist Humbert Humbert is a professor and sexual abuser of a twelve year old girl, his own stepdaughter) and according to another, perhaps even achieve an artistic pitch in which morality no longer holds any weight, and all that matters is beauty itself. Nabokov was a master stylist. A truly beautiful writer. Oscar Wilde’s ‘The picture of Dorian Gray’ (1890) opens with the preface: “They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.” This is the concept of ‘art for art’s sake’. Now. Pushing together Amis’s idea that ‘style is morality’ and Wilde’s idea that ‘there is no such thing as a moral or immoral book’, we find that art itself is essentially ‘amoral’. It has not traffic with morality. But a different interpretation, playing with the concept, is that the only thing that is able to create the ‘good’ or the ‘bad’ at all - is art itself. Morality then, inheres in beauty and the beautiful alone. There is no morality outside if the aesthetic realm. Remember, this isn’t something that you necessarily need to to agree with, but it’s an idea that is worth turning over in your mind. Linguistically, ‘moral’ really means nothing other than ‘more’ as in ‘social mores’ which mean no more than ‘customs’ or ‘conventions’. This is another consideration. And lastly, I must add that I have read writers that are so terrible at writing that I can only describe their books as being immoral.

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Appreciate creator's effort. But the music overwhelms the message (on my equipment at least). As a KZbinr myself, I see no need ever for music unless music is the subject of the show. It always detracts from the message.

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Get the Strunk White Elements of Style and follow its rules. Period!

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I'm not sure M. Amis was involved in this video at all.