Building great sentences : exploring the writer's craft

Content: pt. 1. Lecture 1. A sequence of words --
Lecture 2. Grammar and rhetoric --
Lecture 3. Propositions and meaning --
Lecture 4. How sentences grow --
Lecture 5. Adjectival steps --
Lecture 6. The rhythm of cumulative syntax --
Lecture 7. Direction of modification --
Lecture 8. Coordinate, subordinate, and mixed patterns --
Lecture 9. Coordinate cumulative sentences --
Lecture 10. Subordinate and mixed cumulatives --
Lecture 11. Prompts of comparison --
Lecture 12. Prompts of explanation. pt. 2. Lecture 13. The riddle of prose rhythm --
Lecture 14. Cumulative syntax to create suspense --
Lecture 15. Degrees of suspensiveness --
Lecture 16. The mechanics of delay --
Lecture 17. Prefab patterns for suspense --
Lecture 18. Balanced sentences and balanced forms --
Lecture 19. The rhythm of twos --
Lecture 20. The rhythm of threes --
Lecture 21. Balanced series and serial balances --
Lecture 22. Master sentences --
Lecture 23. Sentences in sequence --
Lecture 24. Sentences and prose style.