Dead as a Doornail

Sometimes as I’m reading I’ll say to myself, “I like that sentence a whole lot.” And if I’m reading on Kindle, as I usually am these days, I highlight the passage for later; and eventually it may show up on my blog in the Words I Wish I’d Written slot.

Manny at Ashes from Burnt Roses has borrowed the notion and done something interesting with it. Manny’s a mechanical engineer with a literature degree and a taste for poetry that far exceeds mine; and he’s decided to highlight particular passages that he loves as examples of good writing—and then, tell what he loves about them. Given the season, he’s starting in a timely way with the opening to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Take a look!

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