long sentences may be confusing too many ideas details and modifier can make it difficult for
readers to follow your story however long sentences are necessary if you want your
writing to have a desirable rhythm you cannot fill your work with only short punchy sentences
that's why if you want to be a well-balanced writer you must learn how to master long sentences
yes there is a common criticism that nobody wants to read long sentences
but cutting things down is not always better great writing consists of sentences of all
lengths today i'll share 6 advice and examples of how long sentences can be applied to your writing
1. place the subject and verb of the main clause early in the sentence
he looked at me and held out his hand sending black ribbons of darkness climbing through the
sphere twisting and turning i grew the light wider and brighter feeling the pleasure of the
power move through me letting it play through my fingertips as he sent inky tendrils of darkness
shooting through the light making them dance 2. when describing something long and slow
use a long sentence it rained all night i had a horrible sleepless time of it it was noisy
on the rain catcher the rain made a drumming sound and around me coming from the darkness
beyond it made a hissing sound as if i were at the center of a great nest of angry snakes
shifts in the wind changed the direction of the rain so that parts of me that were beginning to
feel warm were soaked anew i shifted the rain catcher only to be pleasantly surprised a few
minutes later when the wind changed once more i tried to keep a small part of me dry and warm
around my chest where i'd place the survival manual
but the wetness spread with perverse determination i spent the whole night shivering with cold
3. write the long sentence in chronological order it's in the newspaper today how somebody broke
into offices between the 10th and 15th floor of the hane tower and climbed out the office windows
and painted the south side of the building with a grinning five-story mask and set fire so the
window at the center of each huge eye blazed huge and alive and inescapable over the city at dawn
four accompany long sentences with medium and short ones my proximity to the careers
camp sharpens my senses and the closer i get to them the more guarded i am
pausing frequently to listen for unnatural sounds an arrow already fitted into the string of my bow
i don't see any other tributes but i do notice some of the things rue has mentioned
patches of the sweet berries a bush with leaves that healed my stings
clusters of tracker jacket nests in the vicinity of the tree i was trapped in
and here and there the black and white flash of a mockingjay wing in the branches high over my head
five a long sentence can be used for listing products names and images chaney stood over
him now looking down on the soft beard of youth that framed his face tracing with her eyes the
high brow line the strong nose the shuttered eyes the features so peaceful in this rigid repose 6.
editing matters more with long sentences one of the major difficulties trillian experienced
in her relationship with zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid
just to get people off their guard pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to
think and wanted someone else to do it for him pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide
the fact that he actually didn't understand what was going on and really being genuinely stupid
thank you for watching my name is elliot i hope these tips and examples
on how to write long sentences help you along on your writing journey if you
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