How To Write The Bryan Berg Way

[therhombus]

One of the best classes I took in college was Masterworks Literature at Nassau in Fall 2000 and Spring 2001. It was what they called "survey course" - basically, you got a sampling of a lot of the great works of literature without going too in-depth into any one thing. It was a two-part course and I took both parts

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Wow.

[killakangaroo]

That's some comprehensive stuff...I'm not even going to attempt to start any sort of list like that, because it would take me a really long time to go through it. I get annoyed easily, what can I say.

My biggest issue would be people who tend to simply state something and don't even bother to analyze it when it was clearly meant to be analyzed. All that is is stating a fact, not making a point. Columns without any sort of analysis just end up flat and lame.

What I really like in columns? Well, the exact opposite of the above, but also an ability to understand just how much backstory is required for a certain piece of analysis. Sometimes, columnists really take the time to explain a situation to make their point clearer for their readers, and I really respect them for that.

Re: Wow.

[therhombus]

It's never fun when people generalize. In most cases, people who just make points but don't analyze are writers who just want to have some kind of stance on a given issue, or just want to be controversial. It's kind of like talking loud but without saying anything significant. Most people can see through this kind of boorish writing, thankfully.

And I'm surprised the list was the length it was. I thought it'd be a lot longer.