H. W. Brands - The more of my readers I encoun...

The more of my readers I encounter who say, often apologetically, that they are actually listeners, the more I write for the ear rather than the eye. Small things like identifying speakers in dialogue rather than relying on paragraphing to mark the shifts.

H. W. Brands

American Historian

Born: Aug 7, 1953

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Small Things, Mark, Say, Eye, Rather, More, Small, Relying, Write, Like, Identifying, Readers, Dialogue, Encounter, Shifts, Than, Often, Listeners, Speakers, Who, Actually, Things, Ear

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