Readers will read bad writing as much as listeners will tolerate bad singing.

#writing #music


Observed: “He spoke like a lawn mower trying to start. Just when you thought he was going, he would fall back and repeat the last part of what he said and get just as far.”

#writing #character


“The cuckoos cuckooed. The warblers warbled The robins robbed.”

#writing #throwawayline


PSA: Tariffs are a tax passed down to customers. So, if someone claims to have lowered taxes, consider the tariffs.


“Who owns the Buffalo Ranch?”

#writing #throwawayline


Enjoy the mistakes you make, for you will make many.

#life


“Life is like a simile.”

#writing


Writing isn’t about imparting life lessons. Readers will take whatever lessons they read into your writing. Writing is, first and foremost, about entertainment and engagement. Everything else is left to the reader.

#writing


Bring joy and hope. Joy is worth more than hope, but hope lasts longer.

#life


“His life was a fallow field full of desiccated insects and sun-bleached skeletons.”

#writing