Reading On the Art of Writing | Alexandria
Read On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller Couch. Discovering that good writing requires "murdering your darlings" - Quiller-Couch's radical call to strip away ornate language shocked Victorian readers. His contrarian view that simplicity trumps sophistication revolutionized prose style. This 1916 manifesto still challenges today's overwrought writing, proving that clarity never goes out of fashion.