To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself... Anybody can have ideas, the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph. -- Mark Twain
Friday, July 20, 2012
Freelance Penmonkey
10:17 a.m., CST. I've read the NY Times, checked out the 30 odd blogs I follow, responded to an email from my editor (Question: what's the title of India #4? Answer: Umm, the dog ate my homework?) and am now drawing deep breaths in preparation for churning out the 2,000 words I need to write today. Which reminded me that Chuck Wendig (the freelance penmonkey of the blog post) writes a very funny blog. In particular, his post "25 Reasons You Should Quit Writing" is hilarious and reading it is a great way to procrastinate.
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