… and there’s Nothing. There’s writing that’s absolutely nothing. Here’s an example.
True nullity of expression demands that the writer pay heed to style as much as content. Nothing style should be without human markings, the work of a word-generator. It should aim to be dead on the page at the moment it hits the page, like nail polish that dries the instant you roll it out.
Classic Nothing takes a significant social problem, a current issue of substance, and then, in an attitude of hearty, can-do concern, taps it lightly here and there with rhetorical questions and reassuring answers. It’s like the fairy godmother in Cinderella transforming actual things like pumpkins into pretend things like coaches. What is this problem? Can we solve it? Time will tell! Let’s work together! Let’s admit we have a problem!
Put style and content together in this way and what do you get? Bippity boppity boo.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:32AM
You say bippity, and I say bibbity.
You say boppity, and I say bobbity.
Let’s call the whole thing off.
September 28th, 2012 at 1:24PM
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