June 2011
Beginner
226 pages
2h 51m
English
Nine Greatest Ideas for Clear Writing
Idea 45: Three elements of composition
Music has three common ingredients: melody, harmony and rhythm. On that analogy, all written compositions have three factors in common:
1. Structure and layout
2. Content
3. Style and tone
Structure and Layout
Most of us are taught at school how to lay out a letter and structure it into paragraphs. Report writing is now also taught in the context of project work. But it is often the case that beginners overestimate the importance of structure or layout in writing. Usually if you are clear and say what you are doing, you can get away with almost anything. Conventions are important, but they are relatively easy to learn and certainly are not the main aspect of writing. ...
