Blog Post #9

I really enjoyed Richard Lanham’s book, Style. I think it was a great nontraditional approach at teaching writing style which helps to make his point that writing style should not be set in stone. I especially enjoyed how he said that some writings need decorative style while others don’t. I would like to shove that chapter in a few of my teachers’ faces. I hate how teachers try to preach a certain style and condemn you when you try to think outside the box and make your writing more interesting. I really like how Lanham believes that decorative writing can be acceptable to a certain extent. I also like his book because it provides many examples of what not to do in your writing. The essays he provided as examples of poor writing really helped me to see mistakes in my own writing. I think this is a great book and should continue being used in ENGL3360 courses. It takes a nontraditional approach at teaching writing style which is good because students get bored with hearing the same rules over and over.