Preeeetty self-explanatory this time. Ryan goes over 10 things he hates, doesn’t like, despises, etc., in nonfiction books. Harland does his best to disagree.
Next episode: 10 things Ryan hates about devil’s advocacy! Jk.
-Dawds
#1 Maps & Legends – Chapter Maps
#2 Show, Don’t Tell, Nonfiction-style
#3 Style & Substance – Epigraphs
#4 In The End – Footnotes & Endnotes
#5 Size Matters – Book Length
#6 E-mail Is Fine – Interviews & Narratives
#7 Story Time – Stories, Yes; Dialogue? Nah
#8 Apology Unaccepted – Using kid gloves with the reader around technical material.
#9 The Elephant In The Room – Little-to-no acknowledgement about popular and comparable ideas.
#10 Big Words, Little Context – Using uncommon phrases, words, and acronyms without giving them the appropriate context and slowing the pace and flow of the reading.
