Archive - Stunning Sentences

Sentences and Style and Writing

Nov 3 •

Listen to the Tune

"Sonny's Blues," by James Baldwin

Nov 1 •

October 2025

Swimming in Style in October--Video

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson; synecdoche, metonymy, weaving the interior and the exterior together; repetition and more!

Oct 26 •

The Angst-Ridden Sentence

"Tu B'Shvat: for the drowned and the saved," by Melanie Rae Thon, from the collection, In This Light

Oct 25 •

Swimming in Style in October

Yep, we're still swimming in autumn

Oct 24 •

How to Make a Haunted House

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Oct 18 •

An Opening Drum Roll

The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill

Oct 11 •

Anne Lamott, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

Oct 4 •

September 2025

Swimming in Style in September-VIDEO

Amazing prose was written today!

Sep 28 •

The Allure of the Beyond

The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway

Sep 27 •

Swimming in Style in September-Zoom Link

Join us for our September Zoom gathering, 11:00–12:30 pm PT, where we’ll explore one of the most powerful tools in a writer’s craft: narrative…

Sep 26 •

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

Sep 20 •

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