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This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.
Gary Provost, quoted in Roy Peter Clark’s ‘Writing Tools’
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how do we change language? we just do it. ever said something and asked yourself, is that even a word? well you said it didnt you? i love making up words and merging them to create dual sensations. that little red dotted line under my words mean nada. i spent the better part of my 10th grade summer (and most of this morning) replacing all the words containing “dic” with “cock” instead. i encourage all of you to start changing language and using these great new words. can you help add to my list?
teach me some new words.
dictionary - cocktionary
dictator - cocktator
contradiction - contracocktion
diction - cocktion
ridiculous - recockulous
malediction- malecocktion
nordic - norcock
comedic - comecock
dicacious - cockaious
prediction - precocktion
addicted - acockted
addict - adcock
radical - racockal
indicative - incockative
acidic - acidcock
orthopedic - orthopecock
benediction - benecocktion
dickens - cockens
interdict - intercockt
medically - mecockally
medicated - mecockated
eggs benedict - eggs benecock (thank you, Dylan for the submission)
