Sentence examples for rules of prose from inspiring English sources

The rules of prose patterning are less fixed; patterns evolve and shift indefinitely and are seldom repeated except for special emphasis.

As a successful writer, Josie presumably knows that the cardinal rule of prose fiction is "Show us, don't tell us".

Graduate students read this drivel written by their academic elders, and then seek to emulate it, perpetuating the rule of pompous prose.

Les Maden, St Cyprien, France Colm Tóibín (The Blackwater Light Ship, Picador), Andrew O'Hagan (Be Near Me, Faber) and Adam Thorpe (The Rules of Perspective, Vintage) all combine engaging prose styles with convincing, insightful narratives.

Collins was a writer of prose.

Too much privileging of prose for the sake of prose, too little openness to rougher energies.

But it's a great work of prose partly because its prose often resembles poetry.

The range of prose styles is enormous, from extremely pared-down language to heightened poetic prose.

Theroux is a dipsomaniac of prose.

So, stand back, you crowded onlookers of prose.

The combination of prose and voice is hard to beat.