Verb Your Enthusiasm - Kaufman, Sarah L
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An elegant guide to the promise, power, and poetry of verbs, from Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Sarah L. Kaufman “An almost shockingly adroit guide to how to make every word count.” —Benjamin Dreyer, author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer's English Verbs are the underrated stars of the English language. They hold it all together. A complete sentence cannot exist without one, yet a single verb can create complete meaning. (See?) In this brilliant exploration of language, grammar, and style, Sarah L. Kaufman illuminates how all of us, professional writers and novices alike, can master…mehr

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An elegant guide to the promise, power, and poetry of verbs, from Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Sarah L. Kaufman “An almost shockingly adroit guide to how to make every word count.” —Benjamin Dreyer, author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer's English Verbs are the underrated stars of the English language. They hold it all together. A complete sentence cannot exist without one, yet a single verb can create complete meaning. (See?) In this brilliant exploration of language, grammar, and style, Sarah L. Kaufman illuminates how all of us, professional writers and novices alike, can master the art of the verb and unlock the infinite potential of written expression. When she was the dance critic at The Washington Post, Kaufman was challenged to translate the dynamic language of movement into words. Verbs showed her the way. Good verbs power great storytelling; they leap off the page, fire our senses, and transform our perceptions. Verb Your Enthusiasm is a clarion call for all of us to get back to basics: to mean what we say, and say what we mean. Across eleven chapters, Kaufman proves how strong verbs can make your own writing—be it an email, a text, a report, or an ad—more efficient and effective, and investigates theories of language that will change how you read and write. But this isn’t a grammar guide, and it surely isn’t a set of rules. Great writing comes from a mix of inspiration, passion, and intelligence—from your unique discernment and imagination. Searching for the right verb might even reveal something true about yourself. All that in a word. So go. Write. Verb.
Autorenporträt
Sarah L. Kaufman is a Pulitzer Prize–winning critic and a writing teacher. For nearly three decades she reported on the arts, culture, science and sports for The Washington Post. She also writes for The Wall Street Journal , The New York Review of Books, and The Boston Globe. A former McGraw professor of writing at Princeton University, Kaufman has taught journalism and criticism in Harvard University’s continuing education program and leads writing workshops around the country. She has received journalism fellowships from the Nieman Foundation and the French-American Foundation and was a 2024 Penn State Foster-Foreman Distinguished Writer. Her debut book, The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life, was a Washington Post notable book and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award and a Spirituality & Practice Award. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.