On the sentence as a unit of story development, the rhythm underneath meaning, and the difference between correct and alive
Most writers receive the same advice early. Get it on paper. The draft does not have to be good. The story reveals itself in revision.
I tried to work that way longer than I should have before I understood that for me, the story does not reveal itself in revision. It reveals itself in the sentence.
What I have come to understand about the sentence as the place where the story actually lives, and about the rhythm underneath every sentence that makes the difference between writing that arrives at the reader’s mind and writing that reaches somewhere deeper, might change how you think about your own time at the desk.
This Thursday on Ramos On Craft, I write about the sentence not as a placeholder but as the unit where everything begins. The full article is waiting for you.
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