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Novella ~ a short novel |
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Two well know writers are
Charles Dickens and Ernest Hemingway. They both have
distinctively different styles based on their backgrounds
and the requirements set for them as writers.
This can be seen in their writing.
In Charles Dickens situation writers were
paid by the word such that often novels tended to
be lengthy and wordy. In Ernest Hemingways
situation his primary occupation was as a news writer
in which space is limited such that each word must be
selected carefully. His writing style reflects this.
This is not to say that
neither are good writers or better than the other - just that
their styles are different and reflective of different periods
of writing styles. In Charles Dicken's novels he paints
for you an entire world with written imagery. In Ernest
Hemingway's writing he gives the reader just enough such that
only the absolutely neccessary information for the reader is
written in his stories.
There are many different
styles of writing. Each writing style requires work and mastery
to be an accomplished effective work. But for now we shall
begin with a discussion on writing.
Purpose/Objective:
One does not have to have a
purpose nor an objective specified - but specifying an
objective or a purpose gives direction and keeps one on
a specific train of thought or idea. This is important
if the writing is intended as a form of information sharing for
others or for future reference for yourself.
For example if my objective
I have selected is to discuss writing for me to discuss airplanes
would be completely irrelevant unless it was an inclusion on writing
about airplanes.
Rules:
There are many rules in
written language that must be followed such that when people read
and interpret what you have written it is comprehensible.
But this is under the disciplines of understanding good grammar
and English practises which one should have a fairly adequate
knowledege of in the area and level at which one intends to write.
Writing Development:
The ability to write and develop a story is not completely dependent
upon being able to utlize written language. Just as the
Egyptians used a more pictorial representation of language so can
the beginning reader/writer. Just as many beginning books are
simply picture books so can the young child draw or even cut and
paste to create a story. For even drawings and pictures are
a step towards mastering written language as the also are abstract
representations of real things.
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