It can be so easy to lose oneself in the endless books and articles telling us how to write better. The genre is so seductive: just read this one more article and you’ll have the key you’ve always sought; the last piece of the puzzle will fall into place and you will become an Author.
In these weekly essays, I’m hoping to both discover and offer keys and puzzle pieces that lead to better writing. Goodness knows I’m in favor of it. And like any good hoarder, I enjoy unearthing some new little treasure that will help me write more clearly, more evocatively, more, more, more.
But let’s stop briefly to remember why we got into writing in the first place.