Friday, February 12, 2010

A Voice Tumbling Into Your Ear

'Prose should have a flow, the forward momentum of a certain energized weight. It should feel like a voice tumbling into your ear.'
--the late John Updike, in perhaps his last published essay, The Writer in Winter. You can review earlier mentions of the literary lion here.

3 Comments:

At 7:09 AM, Blogger Elisabeth said...

The idea of words tumbling into your ear is simply wonderful.

 
At 7:49 AM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

I rather thought so too, E. Just the right selection and arrangement of words.

 
At 6:25 AM, Anonymous Tawheed Procation said...

Eligible work. Demands appreciation. Thanks.

 

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