“How did he call her a noxious weed and not get a drill bit in the larynx?” About two minutes ago, I finished handwriting the rough draft of New Book (code named The Duchess and the Enchilada). There is a LOT of work to be done (starting with typing 332 handwritten pages…), but it is […]
It’s difficult to learn from excellent writing because excellent writing sucks you into the story and feels effortless and magical while you’re reading. Bad writing is an undervalued teaching tool. When you come across writing you hate, it screams at you and beats you about the head with its wrongness. If you systematically eliminate all