Feb 9, 2010
Readers Make the Best Writers II
As an avid reader and a professional public relations counselor, I highly recommend reading to improve your writing. As reflected in my first post on this topic, reading expands your vocabulary and gives you new insights, among countless other benefits. I discovered the following from this winter’s reading, which included Can We Do That?!, The Seamstress, Inside the Revolution to Dominate the Middle East and Called to Greatness. CAUTION: I believe in the “garbage in, garbage out” philosophy so I read mostly history and non-fiction.
1. Former Muslim PLO sniper and anti-Semitic Tass Saada became an evangelical Christian after moving to the U.S. and now serves as a peacemaker in the Gaza Strip.
2. Think differently. Normal people often get ignored. Be a bit above normal.
3. One major hit does not retirement make.
4. Hitler ordered German auto makers to produce a cheap people’s car called the People’s Car, aka the Volkswagen.
5. Immunity can be deadly, especially the spiritual kind.
6. Originally from the French word, homme d’armes, gendarme refers to members of a uniform police force.
7. Budapest has the highest number of Jewish citizens per capita of any European city.
8. ALWAYS confirm what your client tells you.
9. Crises, by nature, are pretty darn disrespectful.
10. The creature doesn’t tell the Creator what to do – it’s the other way around.
What have you learned from reading lately?
What I have learned lately. I have been reading "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell, Dominant theme " none of us are as smart as we think" and that science and progress frequently exceeds our understanding about what is really being discovered.
Sounds interesting Bruce! Thanks for sharing. I'll put in on list of "must reads".
You remind me of my failure to take the time to read. I need to change this.
It's never too late to start a new habit. Thanks for commenting
As an English major, I'm an avid advocate of excellent works of fiction. I think they shape who you are over a lifetime of reading. But I am with you – I CANNOT read a poorly written novel.
Yes I completely agree, HOWEVER that isn't the worst part for me. The NOW organization should stand for women regarding their political position. The group is about women who are liberals not women in general.
Well said Nick! Thanks for commenting.