All of us have favorite authors, favorite genres, and favorite subjects we enjoy reading.  One thing that determines or influences our tastes is the writer’s style of writing.  This includes his choice of words, his sentence structures, his type of organization, his motivation or purpose, and of course, his personality which plays an important role, too.

During my many years of teaching, I taught many kinds of writing—creative writing, such as poetry and short stories; letter writing;…..