Excerpts From Mas­ter­pieces shows how greats have han­dled com­mon writ­ing prob­lems and sit­u­a­tions. The site is dri­ven by tagged excerpts and sim­ply presents hun­dreds of pas­sages tagged for what­ever ele­ment of writ­ing occurs in them. Since most writ­ing uses recur­ring ele­ments, such as lit­er­ary devices, motifs, and gen­res, study­ing these works gives writ­ers a hand­book of exam­ples for how to write well.

This site is my per­sonal pas­sion. I’d love help–a great excerpt you want to post or new tags. If there’s any other way you’d like to help out, con­tact me at:

matt.scheer @ threekeywords.com