Sinatra and the Second Person
Oct. 22nd, 2008 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonRandom quote of the day:
"I've always believed that the written word is first, always first. The word actually dictates to you in a song—it really tells you what it needs.
—Frank Sinatra, quoted in "The House I Lived In," by J. R. Moehringer, Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2006
BTW, the article mentioned above is beautiful example of writing in the Second Person. This is a difficult POV to pull off successfully, but—IMO—Mr. Moehringer does a masterful job of it.
He's such a good writer, in fact, that he's probably no longer employed at the Times. Since the Chicago Tribune folks took it over, they seem to care more about gutting the paper than quality journalism. From a Pulitzer winning newspaper to trash in just a few short years. Alas.
"I've always believed that the written word is first, always first. The word actually dictates to you in a song—it really tells you what it needs.
—Frank Sinatra, quoted in "The House I Lived In," by J. R. Moehringer, Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2006
BTW, the article mentioned above is beautiful example of writing in the Second Person. This is a difficult POV to pull off successfully, but—IMO—Mr. Moehringer does a masterful job of it.
He's such a good writer, in fact, that he's probably no longer employed at the Times. Since the Chicago Tribune folks took it over, they seem to care more about gutting the paper than quality journalism. From a Pulitzer winning newspaper to trash in just a few short years. Alas.