Spellbinding Sentences is a stellar book. I highly recommend it and feel it should be on every writer’s bookshelf. It was published in 2015, and written by Barbara Baig.
Spellbinding Sentences looks at the nuts and bolts of writing. Different types of sentences are examined and examples are also given.
I had a problem with my writing-the sentences all sounded the same, they were monotonous. After reading Baig’s book, that changed. I now experiment with a variety of sentence structures in my writing and writing has become fun again. There was no joy in it when I was just cranking out the same, tired old syntax, it was just another chore.
Baig discusses modifiers- both free and bound. Modifiers are words or phrases that elaborate a basic sentence, or kernel, and a very useful tool for novelists. Complements, fragments and compound sentences are also examined, as well as appositives and nominative absolutes and other aspects of syntax. These can all enrich your writing.
The book, newly installed on my kindle, is oft referred to. It can transport the banal novel-in -progress to the sublime. I would love to hear what people think about this subject.
