Half of our job lies in selecting the right words. The other half lies in arranging them to best effect. Let us talk today of arrangement. A matter of arrangement By James J. Kilpatrick Syndicated Columnist Writers have much in common with florists. Their task is to select pretty flowers and to arrange them prettily.
Writers attempt to do the same thing with words.
Half of our job lies in selecting the right words. The other half lies in arranging them to best effect. Let us talk today of arrangement. The New York Times carried an article last summer on plans for a World War II memorial in Washington. That sentence never would have made it through a flower show.