My All-Time Favorite Writing Advice "When you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, your mind becomes powerfully concentrated. You begin to understa

My All-Time Favorite Writing Advice "When you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, your mind becomes powerfully concentrated. You begin to understand that writing/reading is, above all, a transaction. The reader donates his time and attention, which are supremely valuable commodities. In return, you the writer must give him something worthy of his gift to you.” — Steven Pressfield --------------------------------------------------------- Simple Writing Tricks One of the simplest ways to improve one's prose and to keep a reader's attention is simply to vary sentence length. The cadence of breathing and speaking tends to mimic the frequency of the brain's ability to process words and sentences.