The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking

Cecily

A generation ago, this was an important bestselling book about structured informational writing. It shows how to organise information clearly and persuasively. Nowadays, it is of historical interest…

Richard Newton

Oh dear. A clear example of how even the best professional books age badly.I’m having a flurry of reading professional books right now. I can’t read them all the time, so I swallow them in batches. An…

Randy

This is my all time favorite book on persuasive writing. As of this review date, I have read the book thirteen times. My goal for this abundant contact has been to super learn the concepts, which are…

loafingcactus

As a philosophy major, I appreciate how Minto has provided an efficient presentation of concepts of argumentation that one could spend a lifetime learning from the long history of available scholarshi…

☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣

Consider me properly intimidated by the prospect of ideas jumping me right from the page. *Shudders* If there ever was a contender for the most irritating book of the generation, this is the one. Ugh…

Aly

Some of my key takeaways from The Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto:- Separate the thinking process from the writing process. Complete your thinking before you begin to write. Benefits: time saver, b…

Adam Rabiner

I finally got to this book after many years of having it sit on my shelf. I don’t think it has aged very well. It’s well written (as a book on logical and good thinking and writing should be) but in a…

Sam Stagg

A turgid, dated slog. Barbara Minto appears to believe so deeply in “substance over style” that she has eschewed any sense of style whatsoever. Example quotes from Keynes, Chesterton, and Thoreau are…

Casper

For a book that is about structured writing it is surprisingly hard to get through…